It is expected that the report will recommend that radiotherapy facilities be located in Dublin, Cork and Galway only. A major issue being highlighted is the concentration of treatment in areas of excellence – a matter to which I have already referred – but it is an enormous burden, in terms of the trauma and effort involved, on those who have to travel long distances for short but life-sustaining treatment. What one would expect as a right in a so-called advanced society is hardly just for those who are vulnerable.