The priorities for my Department are set out in the programme for Government and are further articulated in my Department's statement of strategy which is available on my Department's website. Progress on the delivery of these priorities is set out in my Department's first annual report 2002-03 which is also available on my Department's website.
In addition to the foregoing, my Department will be taking all possible steps to implement Government policy on decentralisation regarding the core Department and the three agencies under its aegis designated to be decentralised.