Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I can clarify. On 1 January 2015, the Accounting Officer role reverted to the Secretary General of the Department of Health, which until the day before was my role. From that day, I became the accountable person, not the Accounting Officer. The legislation, which dealt with this issue specifically, still requires me as the accountable person, but not the Accounting Officer, to account to the Committee of Public Accounts in the usual way.