The investment is a major element of the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the sub-group on the development of services for symptomatic breast disease. Professor Niall O'Higgins was the principal architect of this report and is also a member of the board of BreastCheck. My Department has invested considerably in this programme for the provision of services for symptomatic breast disease in recent years and it is acknowledged that further investment is required. I realise that while much has been achieved in recent years in relation to the development of the health services, there is much still to be done. In recognition of the need to further develop cancer services, the national health strategy has identified the need for the preparation by the end of 2002 of a revised implementation plan for the national cancer strategy.