Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 April 2003

Cancer Treatment Services: Statements (Resumed).

 

It is also suggested this report will say that by about 2010 the south east region will have the population base to merit the provision of linear accelerators in the region. If that is the case, we should start working towards that now. We all know the decision about Galway was taken many years ago and it is still not there because of the huge lead in time to provide these services. Everybody accepts that if a decision was made to locate this in Waterford or Limerick it would take a number of years before everything would be in situ. There is no point in waiting to start planning until we reach the level of population necessary because it will take five to seven years after that. From the population projections we know the number of people who will be living in the region in future, so we should be working towards providing adequate services in accordance with those projections. That is only commonsense. If the Hollywood report does not recommend such a unit, then at the very least we should be working towards providing it in due course.

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