Mr. Robert Watt:

I know the Deputy did not. The key lesson I draw from it ultimately is that I do not think the structure set up was the correct structure. Ms Magahy may speak with the committee or she may not. She may make comment on this. The office was set up in a particular way as an adjunct to the Department, with Mr. Patterson and his colleagues working away. I am sure Mr. Patterson and his colleagues would accept this. What we need in the Department of Health - this is what we are doing now because we are reorganising the Department - is to ensure that Sláintecare is embraced by the entire management team. Ultimately, Ms Magahy felt that the office was not set up properly and that it was not going to deliver properly unless we embedded the philosophy, culture and the projects across the Department. That is the key lesson for me from what has happened. We need to look at our delivery structure and learn from it. Ms Magahy suggested how we would do this in the future. I accept that and that is what we will now do.