Mr. Robert Watt:

I think the point I was making is a fair point and people can dispute this or not. If I say that somebody did not adhere to something, I would set out what they did not adhere to and the document, the paragraph. You assess someone against an objective assessment of a standard. That is the point I was making.

As I have set out, the protocols governing research funding are that the Health Research Board would be allocated an amount and would manage that competition. That is what has happened here. The Government increased the budget for the Health Research Board in respect of this year. It did that in October around budget time. I understand the Health Research Board is now running competitions involving different institutions with a view to identifying areas of enhanced research to help us prepare for future-----