Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

New radiotherapy facilities have been built in Cork and in Galway. In Galway they are coming on stream. Major construction is under way at St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin, at Tullamore General Hospital, at Cork University Hospital and at many other hospitals.

With regard to the fiscal position, the Government has maintained a strong economic policy. It has meant that national priorities had to take precedence over sectoral requirements. From the perspective of health funding this has resulted in a funding policy of maintaining existing levels of service.