Mr. Steve Dempsey:

It is worth going back over what we said about Denmark at the start. They were in a similar position to us in 2000. While survival rates in Ireland have improved, the Danes have improved them far further and far faster than we have. They have taken a number of steps and we outlined some of them in the opening statement. What it really comes down to is there was political consensus to have a centralised strategy and to fund it on an ongoing basis. Once the politicians came together and made that agreement, that allowed the clinicians actually to operate on a longer time line. They had certainty in terms of what they were delivering and their plans for five, ten, 15 and 20 years which is something that we are not doing at the moment. From our perspective, the biggest structural difference that could be made in relation to improving cancer outcomes across the board in the country would be that hardening of political will to really make sure we can put a strategy on a funding level so that there is a level of certainty there.