Mr. Paul Reid:

I will address two elements of the Deputy's questions and then I will pass over to my colleagues, perhaps to Dr. Colm Henry, to talk about how we will reform the clinical pathways and some of the work we are doing in this context. Deputy Durkan is correct, though, that we must first get on top of day-to-day demand. If we do nothing, it is estimated in the plan that approximately another 15,000 people will be added to the waiting lists.

We want to address that by staying ahead of it this year. That is our intention.

On the wider aspects, Dr. Henry might talk about some of the reforms and more embedded ways of doing things so that we can get and stay on top of demand for future years.