Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 April 2003
Cancer Treatment Services: Statements (Resumed).
I understand that Senators have to press for particular regional claims, however. Senator O'Meara graphically described how all the general practitioners and health board staff in her area have made representations to her about the provision of radiotherapy services in the Mid-Western Health Board's area. Likewise, Senator Finucane made an eloquent plea for radiotherapy services in Limerick, and Senator Kenneally made a very legitimate claim for Waterford. In all those contributions, I was struck by the dislike all country people have for travelling to Dublin. The expert group, however, is not proposing that anybody should travel to Dublin – it is examining where these services should be located outside Dublin.
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