James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the shocking fact that Ireland has the highest death rate from respiratory disease in western Europe, surpassing the death rate for heart disease. According to the Irish Thoracic Society, one fifth of people in Ireland now die from lung cancer and tuberculosis, with deaths among women from lung cancer nearly reaching the level of deaths from breast cancer.

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