Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

——me in the past, he acknowledged that the information was out of date.

I would like to see fairness and an engagement with the people on the ground in Sligo, who inform me that, to date, that has not happened. There are justifiable grounds, not for an unravelling of the cancer control strategy, but for an adjustment to it, to take cognisance of the brilliance that has been achieved by people since 2000 in the north west area and the geographical situation which exists. Such an adjustment must be true to the people who live in the north west region who, like every other citizen, yearn for what is promoted by the cancer control strategy, namely, accessible equality of service.

I appeal to the Minister, who is well aware of my situation in terms of lobbying on this matter, to encourage engagement by Professors Keane and Drumm ——