Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Okay. Dr. Byrne is right that applications trebled and output doubled, but in both instances there were more applications than completions. I am trying to ascertain whether the difficulty was that the contractors were not doing enough, that we did not have enough of them or that it was Covid. Dr. Byrne front-loaded Covid as his explanation when I first asked the question. I want to get a better sense of where precisely the delays Covid resulted in came from. Dr. Byrne is saying that he accepts it was not entirely down to the restrictions put in place by the Government.