Most of the people from the Mid-Western Health Board go to St. Luke's Hospital in Dublin. This causes much extra emotional anguish. The journey is quite long, particularly if one must go to Dublin for the weekend, and extremely difficult. The Mid-Western Health Board deserves its own radiotherapy facility. We are very fortunate that the Mater Private Hospital has come on board and there is an organisation in the area which is prepared to put up the capital expenditure.