Mr. Robert Watt:

As the RHAs are implemented, and as we see that involving, see them working and, while vertical integration is the priority, as we see responsibilities devolved from the centre to the regions, that will have implications for the role of the centre of the HSE and for the Department of Health. We will have to consider those and look at how we operate. Things like how budgets and service plans are formulated, capital procedure, capital projects and so on will have to be looked at.