Senator Ryan said he had an interest, because of his spouse's profession, in the development of a centre of excellence in Cork. He also said it was no trouble to travel from Mallow to Cork. It is my suspicion that an inner group made the final decisions in the Hanly report. In the case of the Western Health Board, Dr. Mary Hynes was one of the senior people who made the final decisions along with Professor Gerry Loftus, both of whom are based in University College Hospital, Galway, and whose interests were focused on that. Unless the Tánaiste comes forward once more, I fear for the future of Portiuncula Hospital as an acute centre. It will be downgraded because, as Senator Maurice Hayes said, all the finance, resources and personnel will be sucked into the centre of excellence and the peripheral areas will be forgotten once again. I did not believe that the Minister, Deputy Martin, should allow that to happen.