A range of expenditure management reforms are mentioned in the motion. The improvements in management systems in those specific areas, which have been introduced since the beginning of this year, are as follows: the 2003 spending profiles for each ministerial Vote group area were published at the end of January, this is a new initiative and it will facilitate an informed and transparent assessment of emerging spending trends for the year as a whole; the Department of Finance is also publishing, for the first time, a breakdown by ministerial Vote group of the issues or spending figures which underlie each monthly Exchequer statement; and the Minister for Finance will continue to submit monthly expenditure management reports to the Government on overall spending and revenue trends, which will enable any emerging problems to be identified early at Government level and remedial action, as deemed appropriate, to be taken.