Professor Bryan Hennessy:

Yes. Much of that may reflect recognition and support from the management of the existing hospitals. As Ms Mulroe said, research is not a line item on the Department of Health's priorities or budget. In trying to put together cancer research units in the hospitals, we all face that struggle. We have to do it ourselves and find our own budget on top of what we get from the Health Research Board and the Irish Cancer Society. We have to invest our own time, as Ms Power said, because we do not have protected time for research. We have to do those extra hours on top of the primary responsibilities without protected time for research. That is all frustrating and fundamentally reflects the fact that research is not an integral part of our healthcare system. It is not an integral part of the priorities recognised by the management of the different hospitals and it needs to be.