Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has read the report of the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists which was submitted to the working group of the Hollywood report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9514/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The submission referred to by the Deputy was made by the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists to the national cancer forum in the context of the development of a new national cancer strategy and was discussed by the forum at its meeting in May 2003. The working group which prepared the report on the development of radiation oncology services in Ireland, the Hollywood report, completed its deliberations in April 2003. The national cancer forum is the national advisory body on cancer services and is a multi-disciplinary group of experts and includes representatives of all modalities of cancer care. The Hollywood report was discussed and unanimously endorsed by the national cancer forum at its meeting on 17 September 2004 as the framework for the future development of radiation oncology services in this country.