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National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Minister for Health coming?

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: He is not. It will be the Minister of State from the Waterford constituency.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Very good.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recalls that the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026, the third such strategy, was launched in 2017 with a then-estimated cost of €140 million additional current expenditure by 2026; notes that: — the Government has only properly funded the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 in two of the last five years and has not revised the funding...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: I pay tribute to the cancer support groups in my constituency, including Ballyjamesduff Cancer Support Fund, CUAN cancer support in Cavan, and Crocus cancer support in Monaghan, and also the Moylagh JFK 50 Mile Challenge committee, which has raised over €1.2 million for cancer services and research over the past 11 years. These groups provide vital services and support for cancer...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: With the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence, I will first acknowledge the passing of former Cork North-West Deputy, Gerard Murphy, who died today. My condolences. I served on Cork County Council with him for two years. He was a very courteous and wise man. My condolences to his family and indeed to Fine Gael. Very few people in this country are not touched by the ravages of cancer. It...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Denise Mitchell: I am really concerned by the latest progress report that states that only one of the 23 recommendations highlighted back in 2017 has been met. When we look at how cancer treatment is rolled out in other European countries, we are ranked mid-table for cancer survival. In some areas, we are going backwards due to the struggle with training, recruitment and retention of staff. Last Wednesday,...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: This Government needs to end the recruitment embargo and implement a workforce plan for the health service. People shake their heads in disbelief at the recruitment embargo. The Government needs to train more radiation therapists and hire the staff needed to utilise all radiotherapy equipment. It is a scandal that expensive life-saving equipment is lying idle due to staff shortages. The...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Sorca Clarke: There is nobody in this country who has not been affected by cancer in some shape or form. It is a devastating disease, not only for those who are fighting it but for their loved ones too. Around 42,000 people a year will get a cancer diagnosis. Each and every one of them deserves the best possible chance of not only surviving the disease but of enjoying a good quality of life afterwards....

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Last week I raised with the Tánaiste the deliberate decision by the Government, and it was deliberate, to deny adequate funding to cancer services and the cancer strategy. Today's debate offers an opportunity again to put the facts on the table. The Government has failed miserably to properly fund the cancer strategy in five of the past seven years. The HSE sought €20 million...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: I move: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises and notes: — the work of our healthcare workers in improving the health outcomes for patients with cancer; — the improvement in survival rates in Ireland during the current National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026, with more than 215,000 people living in Ireland following a...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: Gabhaim míle buíochas to Deputy Cullinane for the opportunity to speak on this vital issue. Since in inception in 2017, the national cancer strategy could have been a shining example of how to do things properly. However, the continuing failure of this and previous Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Governments to properly fund it means Ireland's cancer outcomes are in danger of going...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: First, I commend Deputy Cullinane on tabling this motion. We always recognise that many people in our communities and families have had the devastating news of a cancer diagnosis and have experienced the trauma of that. There is no family across the country that is not touched by that. Of course, we recognise that great work is being done by many people in our health service to try to make...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: It is a fact.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: -----when the reality is in front of us. The Irish Cancer Society made it very clear; the reality is that the funding has not been put in place to deliver the cancer strategy that the Government - and the Minister of State supported the previous Government as well in 2017 - has put in place. We need to see this situation being resolved. Finally, we are calling on the Government to...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Browne: I also want to thank Deputy Cullinane for tabling the motion. The Minister of State said in her contribution that she would give figures; I am also going to give figures. First, we have had 13 years with Deputies Harris, Varadkar and Stephen Donnelly as Minister for Health that have made the health service worse, with higher hospital overcrowding, hospital waiting times and wasteful...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Dessie Ellis: Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death across the State. It is particularly prevalent in areas of the country that are more economically disadvantaged. A report published by National Cancer Registry Ireland in 2023 showed that people in such areas have an almost 30% higher risk of dying from cancer within five years of diagnosis than those from less economically vulnerable areas....

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Johnny Mythen: I thank Deputy Cullinane and the Sinn Féin team for tabling the motion, which is about a life-and-death issue. I can safely say there is no one in this Chamber, or outside it, who does not have a relative or friend, or who does not know someone, who has either survived cancer or died because of it. Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 countries in terms of cancer survival. In fact, Ireland...