David Norris (Independent)

If I may finish the point, I was not encouraged on my way into the hospital by listening to a radio programme which discussed the prostatectomy operation and reported that among the fairly common side effects were impotence and incontinence. I am not sure how true that is but patients need the truth.

I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence. I look forward to continuing the debate on the next occasion because there are important issues to raise, including testicular cancer. I also possess a series of quite worrying statistics on the incidence of prostate cancer and of mortality in this country and I look forward to putting them on the record.