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

We accept that but, in the context of funding, what are the most effective measures that might be taken? Should funding be directed towards a particular area under the cancer strategy or should it be spread over all areas, as is being done? The Government will say there has been a massive increase in the health budget over recent years. We have to ask how far we can go in this direction before we become a threat to ourselves in terms of a spillover or financial crash, which would have to be provided for like everything else. What do the delegates think about that?

I will return to the issue of the availability of drugs in a second. It has been dealt with but it is important.