Mr. Conor O'Leary:

On the Senator's first point, cancer is a trauma on the patient their immediate family. The question is: when does that trauma become too severe for the patient to handle it themselves and there is a person-by-person factor? We find that it could be something else, such as additional needs, or they may have a child with additional needs that may trigger something at a certain point. The cancer may have been in their lives previously, but that trauma is still within them and perhaps still in their subconscious that they did not realise. Something else may bring them to the door of a cancer support centre. There is no set time but our services are always open. There is no time limit for somebody to avail of the services whenever they need us.