Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Okay, that is fine. I have one other question. The Chair will recall that we had Professor Tom Keane before the Oireachtas committee to share his experience with the cancer programme and to give us advice on how we may go forward. I recall him saying that essential to this reform was ensuring that there was legal accountability at clinical and administrative level for decisions taken, for the spending of budgets and for the provision of services. In the early stages of this, there seemed to be a significant reticence on the part of the Department and the HSE to legislate for that accountability. What is the current thinking on that and what is the advice the Department of Health has been providing in that respect?