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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank our guests for their detailed presentations. I have printed out approximately 200 pages over the past day or two. My first question relates to cancer policy for the State and is for the officials from the Department. What are the biggest opportunities over the next one to five years in reducing the prevalence of cancer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: It is said to me reasonably regularly that Ireland is poor at public health investment. We do some things spectacularly well in healthcare but, on a comparative basis to the OECD or EU countries, our investment and activity in public health and prevention is pretty poor. Does Mr. Conroy agree? I do not know the relevant figures and it depends on what country-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Let us say at an OECD or EU level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: It is my understanding that our investment in preventative public health measures as a percentage of our overall healthcare budget is low. Prevention seems to represent the biggest opportunity. Is there an opportunity to increase the effectiveness of funding by channelling more into prevention?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: It has been suggested that there is a big opportunity for us to get better at early detection. Do the witnesses have a plan in that regard and do they agree with that analysis? What are the opportunities in the context of earlier detection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I am going to ask about a local issue now. I am not asking about my own locality but about Sligo. In 2006, Sligo was deemed not to be one of the centres of excellence. This is causing a lot of problems for people, particularly in Donegal. They are having to travel very long distances to Galway. Many are very sick and some are old. Nobody who needs need major surgery has an issue with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not mean to be rude but we are pressed for time. My specific question is whether therapy is being considered in Sligo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Radiotherapy or chemotherapy services or some-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Most or all of the witnesses sat through the previous session and will have heard strong allegations made about the prioritisation of clinical trials and research. My sense is that the issue concerns funding or, more correctly, funding cuts. It also concerns, very interestingly, culture. The allegation was made that while clinicians value research, the system - meaning HSE management,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: While I do not want to put words in his mouth, it sounds like Mr. Conroy broadly accepts the criticisms made earlier with regard to cancer research. Given that research is included in the cancer strategy and that there is a broad acceptance that it has not had the priority it deserves, when can clinicians, researchers and patients expect to see things being done differently on the ground?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: On implementation, one of the things we have all become used to and which is replicated all over the world is that plans are brought forward, strategies are devised, steering groups are set up but there can be an unmerciful time delay from all of that administrative activity through to things actually happening on the ground, in hospitals, for example. Do the witnesses have any sense of when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the options for ensuring a one site school for an existing primary school (details supplied) will be investigated which under current plans will end up on three sites with a new primary school between two of those sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Internships (26 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if medical students who graduated in Latvia are ineligible for internships in hospitals here as they are deemed to have completed their basic medical training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13282/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 878. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253 of 9 October 2018 and 194 of 13 March 2019, if he will make a new offer of a meeting with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13829/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (27 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure plan linked to the Sláintecare action plan; the costs by year dedicated to each action point in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14477/19]

National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 3:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes: — the cost escalation in the construction of the National Children’s Hospital, from €650 million in 2016 to €1.433 billion in November 2018; — the additional €300 million in commissioning, Information and...

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: As Deputy Murphy O'Mahony has said, Fianna Fáil will support this excellent motion. I hope it is supported unanimously by the House and certainly by the Government. I acknowledge that Deputies Funchion and Ó Caoláin, who tabled the motion, have taken a lead on this issue. The Minister of State may be aware that a few weeks ago, Senator Reilly told the Seanad that "A year...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Expenditure (2 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of the 10% increase across all general practitioner visit card weekly income thresholds; and the estimated full year cost of same. [14796/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Expenditure (2 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of the €10 reduction in the monthly drugs payment scheme threshold from €134 to €124; and the estimated full year cost of same. [14797/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (2 Apr 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of the reduction in prescription charges from €2 to €1.50 for all medical card holders over 70 years of age; and the estimated full year cost of same. [14798/19]