Tynwald followers could be forgiven for a sense of deja vu when they cast their eyes over the agenda for the first sitting of 2018, which takes place today (Tuesday).

The new year has not signalled new issues to dominate proceedings.

More on the Vision9 fiasco? You bet. Enterprise Minister Laurence Skelly is likely to bear the brunt of criticism but the failure of departments to work together will no doubt also come under scrutiny.

Whether the usual mantra that it is a new government and things are different will wash, fewer than two weeks after a minister was forced out, we will have to see.

Speaking of which, the Department of Health seeking extra funding to cover an overspend seems to have a familiar ring to it. We’ve been there many times before.

New boy David Ashford, of course, will not need to appear too contrite as he’s only just positioned himself in the hot seat vacated, reluctantly, by Kate Beecroft.

At least, though, there is recognition of the repetitive nature of these health department requests, with Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan due to seek an independent review to ’determine change options for service delivery and funding’ at the department.

Presumably, the new health minister is open to ideas.

Want to listen to another debate on Manx Radio? You’re in luck. The motion, by Daphne Caine (Garff) is actually about public service broadcasting, but the reality is that much of the talk will be on the subvention Manx Radio receives from the government to provide such a service.

It won’t just be those at Broadcasting House who watch closely, though. Other commercial branches of the Manx media will take a special interest.

Elsewhere on the agenda, Chris Robertshaw (Douglas East) also wants a select committee investigation on the financing structures available for ’key infrastructure schemes and major projects’.

If it comes up with the right recommendations, perhaps one day we will witness a capital free of roadworks signs, diggers and holes.

Question time looks relatively light. That has nothing at all to do with the fact that David Ashford is now a minister. In fact, he will be on the receiving end of questions, including whether he plans to review any of his predecessors’ policies, including on matters of communication.

In the absence of the erstwhile head of the inquisition, there are still plenty of topics to be covered, including some old favourites and some intriguing new ones.

The former category includes Manx Gas, housing, government spending and wage bills, plus the corporatisation - or otherwise - of the Post Office. In the latter comes the small matter of population controls for the Garff colony of wild goats. Let’s hope Environment Minister Geoffrey Boot doesn’t bleat about the bush when answering that one.