Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

A particular issue that was highlighted in the media today and that the witnesses referred to is the disparity between people of different income brackets in terms of cancer outcomes where we know that people from lower socio-economic backgrounds have a 28% higher risk of dying from cancer than more affluent people. It is very concerning that it is one of the metrics that is not changing at all. Progress is being made across a lot of different aspects of cancer care but not in that one in particular where there is that enormous disparity between people who have money and people who do not. From the Irish Cancer Society's perspective, what are the top issues responsible for that disparity and inequality?