Exciting schemes have been introduced which touch on almost every aspect of life on the islands, including infrastructure, integrated transport services and the development of facilities for communities. The Minister has sought to reach out to islands through the provision of facilities and resources. One of the key objectives of his Department is to co-ordinate the provision of State services throughout the islands. The Minister chairs an interdepartmental committee that has taken a significant number of initiatives, which recognise and acknowledge that the balance needs to be tilted a little more in favour of islands in order to achieve equality. This is consistent with the spirit of the Minister's philosophy and vision of fairness that should obtain in regard to island communities.