Mr. Robert Watt:

As I mentioned earlier, my job is to run the Department and to set out, with the Minister, the policies, to agree the budgets, to allocate those budgets and to engage in the oversight mechanisms. We have reformed the oversight mechanisms in the Department, working with our colleagues in the HSE. The budget settlement for this year has seen one of the largest increases we have ever had. There is significant change and improvement in the system across a variety of areas, which I think we can all acknowledge. Of course, our health system, like every other health system, has ongoing challenges and our job is to do what we can with the money we are allocated to address those challenges. My leadership role is to run the Department and to manage it to ensure we can do the best in the context of policy and then delivery.