Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I support my colleague, Senator Finucane, on the issue of radiotherapy. Waterford City Council met the Minister for Health and Children in October and he assured us that the report on radiotherapy would be issued in January at the very latest. It is now June and he has failed to meet Waterford City Council on the issue again, as he had promised. As a body, Waterford City Council is now coming to protest next week because of the failure of the Minister to publish this report. It is of paramount importance for people with cancer problems that radiotherapy facilities should be made available in the regional hospitals. It is a disgrace that this report has not been issued following promises for the past 18 months that it would be.

Senator Dardis said yesterday that he was opposed to a motorway between Dublin and Waterford.