Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I join with Senator Michael McCarthy in raising the issue of BreastCheck and I call for an urgent debate on it. I have a copy of a letter from BreastCheck which was received by the family of a lady in my area of Bishopstown who died two years ago. It is not good enough that a family suffering the trauma of a death received this letter in the post. We are being very unfair to people. Senator Michael McCarthy is right that we need an urgent debate on this issue. As the Deputy Leader, Senator Boyle, will know, the South Infirmary-Victoria Hospital has been amalgamated with Cork University Hospital. We need an urgent debate on centres of excellence and on how our health service can provide a decent and proper service to the people.