Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion

Professor Riste?rd ? Laoide:

My apologies if I crossed the Deputy. The screening service is under the remit of the National Screening Service. Ms Fiona Murphy is not here. The point the Deputy is making is a good one. We had a 20% increase in urgent attendances in urgent breast cancers in 2022 compared with 2019. That has led to a 10% increase in the number of cancers diagnosed above 2019.