Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I assure Deputy Quinn that I know some of the people involved, many of whom are from my constituency. I do not come in here to say anything untoward about it only to this effect. Of course what happened should not have happened. However, we must take into account that real progress is being made in the development of cancer care services. I was aware and people like the rest of us from the midlands who know about it have been able to show that the development of acute hospital services was possible.

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