Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Steve Dempsey:

We can, Senator, so thank you for the question. It is worth noting overall, as he said, the transport service is run very efficiently. It is run out of the money we get from fundraising. We are seeing a 20% increase year on year in the growth in demand. It is a challenge to keep it at its current level. In relation to the particular person the Senator is talking about, we are aware. I think I know the case he is talking about. They were attending a healthcare facility that we did do drives to. We were driving to UHL but Nenagh is not currently a key partner. We have agreements and I can share the list of who are key partners. They were no longer receiving chemotherapy was our understanding and they were no longer going to a key partner. We do not have the drives and the administration function set up to do that.

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