Professor Mark Lawler:

On the all-island statistics, the answer is "Yes". We have done that in the past. An all-island cancer atlas has been produced. One of the things we have been talking about in the implementation group is doing an update of that. I am chairperson of the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership that has produced some of the data the Deputy mentioned regarding the differences between Ireland and Sweden, etc. We are very much working together now to close that gap. There is a huge opportunity there. Again, it relates to the need to have access to data. It is important to emphasise that there are challenges on both sides of the border in regard to data. It is probably easier to do it in the North, but the lack of an electronic patient record in the South is hindering the ability to bring together all of that data. That said, we have done a lot of really good things together. A new director of the National Cancer Registry in Cork was recently appointed. The two cancer registries are working closely and they are part of the programme we have talked about. They are putting in a specific application in regard to them working together on an all-island basis. There are challenges, but there are also opportunities. We need the data to flow more freely. This is where political will and political support can help us.