Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That just sums it up. That sums it up in one answer. The Department saw €20 million. It is meant to be the leader, its job is to deliver a strategy. We have people who sit on stakeholder groups and consultation groups who spend a lot of time and effort on behalf of cancer patients and survivors to put in place a cancer strategy that requires funding. For 2024, this year, €20 million was sought, zero was given. I am putting this to Dr. Henry. How can we plan in the absence of having additional funding to deliver on the recommendations? I assume that €20 million was sought on the basis of delivering on the strategy.
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