Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

The said professor made his comments in a lengthy contribution to the Committee on Health and Children many months ago. It is interesting that this issue only arose last night and this morning, but those comments were made previously. The professor talked about his colleagues here calling him in Canada to ask what would be the best treatment for their loved ones who were suffering from cancer. The doctors here suggested that they would like to take them out of the country, but Professor Keane — I apologise for mentioning his name again — or rather the professor said it would be better for them to be treated in Ireland where the expertise is located.

It is high-handed of Fine Gael when it, together with the Labour Party, in their programme for the Government in 2007 never mentioned cancer.