 the maa of the average age of nirs and pirs has reduced slightly from 8 05 months reported at the march board meeting to 7 86 months at the end of april this is against a 2019 target of 7 5 months the in month average age in march fell to 7 43 months following the closure of a significantly aged nir in the period the value increased slightly in april but remains below the maa target 