Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all of our guests and thank them for their presentations. I am concerned about a number of issues that were raised by Ms Morrogh. Answers should be available from the screening programme, so I will direct some of my questions to Professor Ó Laoide. The first question relates to staffing levels generally across cancer services. While the additional funding that was provided in next year's budget to improve cancer services is very welcome, there is nothing more infuriating and frustrating for people working in services and for patients than the fact that money is available but it is not possible to get staff. What work is being done on auditing the existing provision of staff and identifying those areas where there is a need for forward planning in relation to training and the provision of staff generally? Who is taking responsibility for that and what work is being done?