All of us know that money could be spent better. Management of spending within the health service is not what it should be and we all have ideas as to how it can be improved. Without doubt, to get the improvements in the health service that our citizens deserve will require spending a good deal of additional money. The Government went so far as to put a figure on it in the health strategy, which was €12,700 million over a ten year period. We always knew it would cost a lot of money, therefore we should not now shrink back in surprise and say we cannot afford that. Improvements in services and technology cost a lot of money and it is deplorable that the Government has rowed back, in effect binning the strategy.