Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

The national cancer strategy has outlined that only four of the 23 key performance indicators were met. We know about staff retention, getting people into the system in the first place, infrastructure, waiting times and all of the things that, I presume, lead towards this. Why were only four key performance indicators met? Is it due to a lack of money or political will? In the past two years, President Joe Biden proudly declared that America would eradicate cancer. The merits or likelihood of that aside, are we lacking the same level of ambition? Are the witnesses not being empowered in the way they should be in order to get us to where we need to be?