Martin Daly (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)

Mr. Dempsey compared Ireland and Denmark. It is important to have comparative countries of similar income and demography, as Denmark and Ireland have. I refer to investment in diagnostic imaging. We had a step change. There was a cancer strategy, but there was an issue around diagnostics, especially in primary care and in general practice. Covid changed that. Suddenly there was access to diagnostics, which seemed to be ring-fenced to the hospital service. I am not sure it was political turf we were talking about there. It seemed to be medical politics raising its head. However, it certainly worked very well, but there is a big demand there and there is surprise that there is a demand there. Most of it is absolutely appropriate, in my experience. Early diagnosis is so important in cancer because it reduces the burden of care later on and it raises survivability. What is Mr. Dempsey’s view of the diagnostic landscape at the moment?