Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion
Ms Gemma Fort:
One of the key things for each of our centres is their community-based nature. This morning, we met the Minister, Deputy Foley, in whose constituency I live. To quote her, it is very much for the community, by the community and in the community. It is a measure of how trusted each of the centres is that the community has supported us. The goodwill has been there as regards volunteers. Every family in every community has been touched by cancer. All of us here have had some engagement in some shape or form. There is a recognition that supports are needed but the supports need to be supported. We have to build on that. We are not looking for everything to be covered. We are saying that we are meeting this challenge but that we need help and what we are doing to be matched by an investment from Government to keep us going. If we do not get that, our development and sustainability into the future will not be supported.
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