I am pleased that the proposed facility at St. James's Hospital will include the St. Luke's name. The CEO of St. Luke's will lead the management team of the new facility. In addition to radiation oncology expertise, the director of physics at St. Luke's, Dr. Brendan McClean, will be centrally involved in setting the specifications of the PPP for the whole network. The chairman of St. Luke's, Mr. Padraic White, will chair an implementation oversight group to report on progress on the overall plan. Where will outpatients and their families at St. James's be accommodated? Outpatients of St. Vincent's and their families avail of bed and breakfast accommodation that surrounds that hospital, especially along Merrion Road. St. James's does not have these ancillary provisions. In 2005 the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, launched the national network for radiation oncology services. At that launch she said:

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