Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The Minister has failed to deliver an implementation plan for the cancer strategy. This means the policy guiding Government cancer services is the one produced by Deputy Noonan in 1996. I studied the Minister's response to the Private Members' motion last week. Of the eight issues she raised, five related to what she would do in the future. Only three related to what had been done over ten years in power. That is a hopeless record.

It is difficult to find out the truth. The Minister, for example, says a sum of €44 million has been provided for primary care teams. There are no such teams in County Wexford. I welcome the Minister's visit to the county next week and hope that, like the Scarlet Pimpernel, she might——

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