Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a short comment. In a previous incarnation, I tabled parliamentary questions on cancer research, the incidence of cancer and its various forms in different regions of Ireland prior to the National Cancer Registry being established. It has done an excellent job and a huge amount of work, but since it was established one can no longer get parliamentary replies on the matter. It is a distinct disadvantage as an occasional probe into the system can often alert people within the system to things that might have passed them by, without there having been any deliberate attempt on their part or the part of others to avoid it.