Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive response to me this afternoon. She used the word "inequality" with regard to this particular charge and that is exactly what it is. As she outlined, it is unfair that the people of counties Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have to pay this charge when other service users in other parts of the country do not.

I commend the Minister of State on the work she has undertaken in trying to get this charge removed. We are not there yet, but we are quite close. Would the Minister of State dare to put a timeframe on getting that charge removed to give us some indication and give the families something to look forward to with a view to finding a resolution for this problem? I thank her again for the work she has undertaken and the commitment she gave me at the outset that she is determined to bang heads together to try to find a resolution to this.