Mr. Robert Watt:

The intention was that the Health Research Board would say it was going to commit to investment in public health and €2 million was the sum for that, although we think it should be more than that. It would then invite proposals from across the sector. Given the size of our country and the relationship between the different sectors, we thought having the leadership of Dr. Holohan, considering what he has done in the last few years, could bring together the different individuals and people to develop research programmes and compete for the funding on that basis.