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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Decentralisation Programme, Pension Provisions, Departmental Agencies, Health Services

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

“Deputy Staunton asked me to take this question for him. He is concerned that genetic variants are responsible for between 5% and 10% of cancers. He is concerned about whether we have an adequate funding model and about the waiting lists for this genetic testing because effective screening reduces healthcare substantially in the longer term.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

“Deputy Staunton is very concerned about the current waiting lists. The Irish Cancer Society reports waiting lists of up to two years for testing. There is then potentially a further two years waiting for the risk-reducing procedure that the test may have signalled. Is the Minister monitoring waiting times? Will the new initiative involve a multi-annual plan for staffing and investment so...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (2 May 2024)

“I ask the Minister to check those waiting times and report back to me and Deputy Staunton because the Irish Cancer Society is signalling quite long waiting times. For a screening test that can reduce long-term healthcare, it is to be hoped that it could be made more prompt.”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 537 written questions in the last year — above average among TDs.
• People have made 11 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 92 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Richard Bruton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2096 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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