Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I congratulate him on the great work he is doing in the Department of Health and Children.

The matter I am raising on the Adjournment explicitly recognises the need for reform and re-organisation of the health service. It is neither in the interests of the patient nor of the taxpayer to go on as we are with frustration on all sides. The way forward has been charted in the three excellent Brennan, Prospectus and Hanly reports, and in more recent times the future strategy for radiotherapy oncology services for cancer sufferers has been clearly set out in the Hollywood report. I know the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, and his Ministers of State have initiated many project groups involving the staff of the health services to chart the way in which these reports can be implemented in the most expeditious manner while maintaining the goodwill and commitment of the staff.