Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

I have a further health-related question with regard to the vital statistics. Cancer deaths make up a quarter of all deaths in the year under consideration. Has the Minister for State figures regarding how this relates to the situation in other EU countries? Has he got National Cancer Registry figures for the regions? The last report I saw from the registry indicated that certain regions have higher than national average rates for all cancers. The Dublin metropolitan area, County Louth and the Cork-Kerry areas were all seen to have rates for all cancers which are higher than the national average. Can the Minister of State supply information as to where we stand with regard to other European countries, how the regional statistics for cancer deaths are compiled, and how they compare?

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