Laura Harmon (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the response and for providing clarity on my questions. It is welcome that the deficit in radiation therapy posts has been reduced from 30% down to 14% to 22%. That is still quite a high deficit, but it is welcome that progress has been made on it. Regarding the 0.5 of a machine inactivity rates in the areas the Minister of State mentioned, is that daily, weekly or annual? I wanted to get clarification in regard to that. It is good to get clarity in regard to the €23 million and that six advanced practice radiotherapists and a number of other clinical positions will be recruited. As I said, I understand there is a link with the Department of further and higher education in this in terms of course places. I will follow up with that Department.