Dr. Michael McCarthy:

I am a practising oncologist in Galway and am talking on behalf of the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists, ISMO. Any examples I give come from that perspective. There is a PET scanner in the Galway clinic. That is private. There is a service level agreement that allows public patients from the region to access it. However, in terms of capacity and to talk to the Deputy's point about early diagnosis and early treatment, we regularly have to make decisions as to whether to start treatment quickly or to wait for the PET scan, which could harm the outcome. More capacity for PET scanning in the region would be very welcome.