Mr. Steve Dempsey:

I thank the Deputy for his question. As I said in my opening statement, it is very hard for us to get a good sense of the econometric modelling required. We did have an indication some years ago about the planning around the current national cancer strategy, but it was not very detailed in terms of what we got, although the planning itself was detailed. As regards Deputy’s points about capacity and ageing, incidents are going to be rising, as is survivorship. What that means is cancer is going to put increasing pressure on the healthcare system overall. The Deputy might get a better answer from the NCCP in the session later today, but what we really believe is important is that the funding is multi-annual in nature and ring-fenced.