Mr. Tony Canavan:

We have very significant plans for the development of cancer services across the whole region. It involves all of the hospitals with their particular roles and with a specific role for the cancer centre in Galway. What we have seen is those facilities are undergoing pressure, as we referred to earlier, so we do need to look at other options in the community and possibly in other centres as well. They absolutely have to be consistent with the delivery of best care and the provision of care in the most appropriate setting.