Dr. Jerome Coffey:

I wish to make one brief comment in response to the question on public confidence. It came through very clearly in conversations I had directly yesterday and today with the Irish Cancer Society, the Marie Keating Foundation and this morning with the Irish Patients' Association. What needs to happen in cancer services in general and in screening in today's context is bringing patients and patient groups into the programme to be part of the redesign and service development so that they know and understand the process from the inside, have all the information and contribute to it. I made that commitment yesterday and today.