One of the successes of the Department of Social and Family Affairs in recent years has been the partnership that has developed between it and the voluntary organisations. I recall meeting the various voluntary organisations that made pre-budget submissions and being involved in discussions at ministerial level. This was a most enlightening and useful experience. Sometimes one found there was duplication of work between different organisations that could be avoided. Given that resources will be scarce for the foreseeable future, duplication of services and payments must be avoided and instead must be streamlined in such a way as to get money to the people who need it. Such streamlining would prevent much wasteful duplication of services and the excessive waste of human and financial resources should be looked at.