Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Chapter 18 deals with the overall arrangements for funding of the HSE, the relationship between it and the Department in how the budget is set and differences that have emerged. It is a technical accounting issue. In terms of the appropriation account, it certainly does include capital funding for the HSE, so I imagine that might cover the point the Deputy is making about capital projects and so on. I would not see a difficulty in bringing that up. Obviously, in respect of the level of expenditure on individual projects, any representatives of the HSE probably need to be put on notice that estates and capital works will be discussed.