With regard to the proposed establishment of a health services executive agency, the major reforms proposed by the Government include the abolition of the health boards and their replacement with this agency and others. It seems that the executive will be a super-body which will, in effect, run the health service. I presume it will be given an annual or five-year budget by the Department. What will be the composition of the board? How will it function? The Government has published a general framework of reform, which is not specific. I presume we will have to wait for the legislation to be published before we will discover how the executive will work in practice. I will be interested to learn about the size of the board. Who will be on the board? Who will appoint the board? By what criteria will the board be appointed? For how long will the board stay in office? To whom will the board be accountable?