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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Besides ovarian cancer, what other cancer has survival rates that are below the norm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I know it is great to be on a par with other countries, but the issue in healthcare is to try to be ahead. What do we need to do to make sure that people get diagnosed early, get the best quality care and are able to survive? What do we need to do to ensure that we are above average rather than being on a par with others or below average? What additional work do we need to do in these areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: On the areas where survival rates are below average, is there a major campaign to make sure that we can improve the service and that people who require treatment can access it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay. I want to move onto the issue of getting information out there. I want to focus, in particular, on lung cancer and prostate cancer. I am not convinced that there is enough information out there to ensure that people can go to their GP and then on for further checking at an earlier stage than is happening currently. Is there a plan as regards getting more information out there? Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We have done a national programme in relation to breast cancer. Is there any proposal to do something similar in relation to prostate cancer, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Unfortunately, a member of my family died from lung cancer in the last seven days so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: -----I am very much aware of the challenges of the disease. This was a person who did not smoke. We also need to get the message across that lung cancer can affect people who never smoked. This is important because people who have a cough might ignore thinking it could not be lung cancer because they have never smoked in their lives. We need to get that message out there as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: How many clinics do we have with that service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We have eight of those centres around the country. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Are people aware of that? I am not sure members of the public are aware that they can get access rapidly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What is proposed on prostate cancer with regard to getting information out there so that people who have symptoms of prostate cancer would go to their GP? Is there enough information out there on that whole area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We still need to make progress in this area. We have made a lot of progress already; I fully accept that but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the issue of young people. About two months ago, two young people contacted me about housing issues. Both of them had major health problems. One person, who was only 24, had both lung and stomach cancer and the other person had had a bone marrow transplant. A lot of young people do not think cancer can affect them and yet I met two young people in one week from two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: If it was proposed, could it be helpful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: New Zealand is introducing legislation to prohibit the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after a certain date. Would the witnesses be in favour of similar legislation being introduced in Ireland?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland’s major achievements as a member of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department have met with representatives of the tobacco industry, contrary to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); if so, the details of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department do not meet with representatives of the tobacco industry, in adherence to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm that he will give serious consideration to retaining the 9% VAT rate on tourism and hospitality beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (31 Jan 2023)

Colm Burke: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to put additional supports in place to assist third level students in dealing with changing to alternative college courses, and those considering dropping out of college altogether, given that there has been an increased dropout rate for third level college courses among students who completed their Leaving Certificate during the...