Ms Averil Power:

That is something Professor Michael Kerin in particular has been very passionate about. We are equally concerned about those regional disparities. It has been positive to see that investment but there is a need for much more investment in cancer services in the west, both in capital infrastructure and staffing. It is simply not acceptable that a person’s chances of surviving cancer is a postcode lottery and what that person can get access to depends on where that person lives. I am not an expert on what is happening in Galway but I have listened to Professor Kerin who is and others who are. There is a need for improvements right across the spectrum in everything from the capital to staffing and research investment. I understand there are also challenges in investing in research in the west and in Galway in particular.