Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of national importance namely, the report of the National Cancer Registry; its implications for people living outside the eastern region whom the report reveals are less likely to receive radiotherapy for breast cancer or surgery for prostate cancer; the delay in the full national roll-out of both BreastCheck and the cervical screening programme; the regional variations in the use of both chemotherapy and radiotherapy for patients which have persisted outside the eastern region; and call on the Government to radically expand cancer care countrywide to ensure equal access to cancer services for all our people.

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