Mr. Fred McBride:

There is no intention by me to be in any way blasé. I have been doing this work for over 30 years and I am acutely aware of the risks and extremely serious business in which we are involved. It is incumbent on me to be realistic and truthful with the committee about what it can expect from us and, frankly, what it cannot expect. We are trying to be realistic in saying we accept the HIQA report and its recommendations and it is an analysis with which we agree with regard to various aspects of services. That is really all I was trying to say. I was in no way trying to be at all complacent about the size of the task ahead of us. It is a huge task.