Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way she will resource the transfer of services from the 20 hospitals providing cancer service to the eight centres of excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20445/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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An additional €35m has been allocated this year for cancer control, including €10m to support the Programme. Prof. Keane and the HSE have emphasised that it is as much a matter of mobilising existing resources and redirecting them to achieve the National Cancer Control Programme objectives as providing extra resources. Prof. Keane is currently engaging in discussions with the HSE in terms of taking control of all new cancer developments and progressively all existing cancer services and related funding and staffing.