Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Power. Unfortunately, she paints a very bleak picture and it is unfortunate. Some of the statistics Ms Power quoted, resulting, I suppose, from the pandemic and other issues, are quite worrying. Has the Irish Cancer Society quantified how many people have lost their lives as a result of not getting the treatment they needed during the Covid-19 pandemic? Did the numbers of those lost to cancer increase during that period and do the witnesses have any statistics regarding that? What are the three immediate steps that need to be taken urgently now in quarter 1 of 2023 to start redressing the challenges and to try to put together something that is more appropriate than what we are experiencing at the moment?