Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the fact that progress has been made on the recruitment of recruitment of staff and the necessary equipment. It does seem to take an awfully long time, which he outlined in his response, not just in this country but in different jurisdictions as well. As he rightly outlined, this is a terrible, stressful situation for parents who find themselves in such in such a position, and it is vital that we move to get this up and running as soon as we can. I would like the Minister of State to bring the message back to the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill that we should not delay and should expedite the roll-out of this as soon as is practically possible.