We should think first of all of those suffering from cancer – one in three people will contract the disease in their lifetimes. Many of those sufferers are not able to travel long distances for the care they require. It is recognised by those in the palliative care sector that the condition of a sufferer travelling long distances is aggravated. I saw people's concerns when canvassing for the last election. A mother who had developed breast cancer told me: "I am four miles from Limerick city. Isn't it shocking that I have to go to Dublin for treatment and farm out my four children when I am getting only a few seconds of treatment?"