The Minister of State and Senator Brian Hayes both addressed the issue of having separate cancer treatment facilities scattered throughout the country. Since the Minister announced his intention of grouping cancer treatment units in order to allow a multidisciplinary approach, this has been found to have the best chance of treating and curing cancer. That is a fact. However, as the Minister tries to reverse the rise in cancer deaths, his efforts are being met with claims of apartheid from groups that are unhappy that a small local cancer treatment unit is not being located in their area or that there is no opportunity for the provision of an international-standard treatment unit there.