I call Deputy Niall Collins. I know he will observe the rules.

The programme for Government, particularly under health, has a commitment to treat all our people equally and uniformly across the country. Late last week and earlier this week, it came as a huge surprise to survivors of breast cancer to learn the HSE had changed its policy on providing supports to post-mastectomy products to women who had been through a breast cancer procedure. There was a great outpouring of concern that future supports available to women who have survived breast cancer will be significantly reduced. The HSE and the Minister have said this will be suspended until August but we need clarity on this. Will everyone receive the same level of support post-breast cancer procedure and will it be at the existing amount, not the reduced amount which had been flagged by the HSE?

This week, the Minister for Health published a ten year strategy for cancer which seeks to build on the very significant progress which has been made in much longer survival and better recovery, which the strategy seeks to consolidate and progress. I will ask the Minister to respond specifically to the concern which Deputy Niall Collins raises. I do not have that answer to hand.

I call Deputy Moynihan and ask him to be brief please, time is running out.

There is a huge crisis in respite care for adults, particularly with intellectual or physical disabilities. This has been mentioned for the summer in the case of children. Is the emergency funding put in place this year for respite only to pay off the emergency funding for last year? Is there any funding there for respite during the summer months for the families that desperately need it?

Again, I do not have a detailed response for the provision of respite care but I will seek to make the information on this available to the House.