The emergence of a single health service executive at national level will entail the appointment of a single board, which will have responsibility for the entire range of health services nationally which are Exchequer-funded. The new structures recommended to the Government obviate the need for and do not incorporate the continuation of local statutory boards. In this context, the Government has agreed that health boards and the Eastern Regional Health Authority will be abolished as part of the overall health reform programme. One of the considerations around the balance that needs to be struck between central and local levels of decision making in this context is the influence which Members of the Oireachtas should have, given their representative role, in determining priorities in a centrally funded health system. I hope my reply so far adequately responds to the question on the organisational aspects of the radical reform package.