Dr. Patrick Moran:

-----look the best. It is within the context, however, of having to represent metrics that are relevant to the major programme-level outcomes. That structure is around it. The other point, which Ms O'Loughlin made, is that the sectoral committee process by which these results are interrogated is crucial to driving that improvement over time. If Departments are reporting metrics that do not really capture or do not do a good job of characterising the major outcomes or policy impacts they are trying to have, then that should be squeezed out over time as they are scrutinised every year.