Professor William Gallagher:

From a political point of view, it was great to see that. However, substantial resources have not been put in. It was mainly driven by the Health Research Board. It put just over €1 million into a couple of projects. To a certain degree, we have carried out activities outside that, whereby we have tried to drive forward our broader vision. To maximise the ambition, we need to put substantial resources into that activity. It is good from a political point of view that we have this reaffirmation of the collaboration between North and South, and also with the US, because we have that classically strong engagement with the US, particularly in the cancer space, that we want to harness. We have a strong diaspora in the cancer space that we also want to harness. However, to be honest, we need to look at other mechanisms beyond that because it is insufficient.