Chief Minister Alf Cannan says the government works in joined-up ways, as shown by work in Ballasalla.
In the House of Keys this week, he faced questions form Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse.
Mr Cannan said departments work to a government plan and ministers work closely with each other.
He said extra school spaces were being planned to accommodate an influx of residents in Ballasalla:
All aboard for this year's steam trains!
There's good news for train fans today - as the Island's Steam Railway season gets underway.
MHK queries laws for self-driving cars on the Island
What's the government doing to allow self-driving cars on the Island's roads?
Hospital easing bedspace pressures, says minister
The health minister says Manx Care's already taking action to ease pressures on bed space at Noble's Hospital.
Road reopens for Douglas-bound traffic at White Hoe
The Old Castletown Road has partially reopened this morning.
UK man in court next month to appeal cocaine-smuggling sentence
A Nottingham man who was jailed for 14 and a half years for his part in a cocaine-smuggling operation will appear in court again next month.
Company says it's got Island regulator's first medical cannabis licence
A local company says it's been awarded the first ever medicinal cannabis license on the Island by the Gambling Supervision Commission.
Late TT rider to have race named after him
A racer who lost his life at the TT is to have a race in Northern Ireland named after him.
Mountain Road closed until later this afternoon
The Department of Infrastructure says it’s temporarily closed the Mountain Road this afternoon.
