Ms Bairbre Nic Aongusa:

I have a note from my colleague on this. Currently, there are cancer centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford and an outreach service in Letterkenny for breast cancer. Patients from the north west are seen in the appropriate centre, depending on the particular cancer. For example, radiotherapy centres are provided in St. Luke's Hospital. Currently, a consultant from St. Luke's visits Letterkenny once a week and refers patients to the St. Luke's network, which is St. Luke's, Beaumont and St. James's hospitals. When the Altnagelvin unit is opened, patients from the north west will have access to that unit.