Dr SHANE RETI (National): Thank you, Madam Chair. And I thank the Minister for those replies. Two sets of questions, the first is: in October 2021, he was the lead sponsor in a substantial proposal to Treasury to, amongst other things, build 152 ICU beds, and then three months later, that had morphed into an announcement for 23 ICU beds. The question is, what happened? He was the lead sponsor making application to the Treasury for a substantial amount of money and the initial reply to me was from the Minister, "Documentation relating to individual bids may be received by officials in a variety of formats from a variety of contributors. However, it's a fundamental principle of our democratic system of Government that is for the elected Government of the day to decide what is or is not funded regardless of officials' preferences." Am I to take from that that it was officials who recommended 152 ICU beds be built, and that despite having his name on the front as the lead sponsor he was unable to get that over the line with Treasury, resulting in 23 ICU beds being announced in the Rapid Hospital Improvements Programme in December?