Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Minister for an update on the ongoing discussions with her northern counterpart on the provision of a radiotherapy treatment facility for cancer in the north west and, in particular, the possibility of such provision in Letterkenny, taking into consideration the ongoing discussions there with the proposed private hospital in Letterkenny. What will be the outcome? I understand that her northern counterpart indicated that the services in Belfast will not be able even to treat all of the cancer patients in the North, let alone those travelling from Donegal. Can we expect to hear some good news in that regard? Under the auspices of the Good Friday Agreement and the powersharing in the North, it would be a brilliant gesture if we could have patients treated on a cross-Border basis, preferably in Letterkenny if possible.