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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We move on. Who wants to go first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Can Mr. Downes supply that afterwards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Senator. I thank our witnesses for attending and for their considered and detailed replies to our questions. I also thank committee members for their attendance and for raising pertinent questions. That concludes today's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Would I be right in saying that there is a noticeable increase in deaths from cancer among young women in particular? I ask that based on just a casual notice of cases in my constituency, where there seems to be a disproportionate number of young women in their 20s and 30s dying of what is obviously cancer. Has that been identified and is it due to later diagnosis or inability to diagnose...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: How long will it take for that to kick in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Ten years is a long time to somebody facing a possible diagnosis. The major factor is access to appropriate medicines, as has been mentioned regarding other European countries, where such medicines seem to be more readily available for various reasons. What is the most important thing in nailing this and arresting the increasing incidence of cancer among younger people, both men and women?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Is there evidence available to indicate the extent to which access is currently unavailable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: For what reasons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We accept that but, in the context of funding, what are the most effective measures that might be taken? Should funding be directed towards a particular area under the cancer strategy or should it be spread over all areas, as is being done? The Government will say there has been a massive increase in the health budget over recent years. We have to ask how far we can go in this direction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: On the availability of appropriate drugs and new drugs to fight particular cancers as they are diagnosed, Professor Kennedy made reference to a ten-year waiting time for actual results. When the action is put in place, it may take ten years to become obvious. What action might be taken on the availability of the drugs, given that we live in the Single Market? We are entitled to the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with Ms Power entirely. I will finish on that. There are a couple of issues arising on which I may submit parliamentary questions, which may be of some assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: To what extent have the witnesses noticed a benefit from the earlier screening that, as we have just discussed, takes place in some countries? Is that earlier screening reflected in the numbers of cancers subsequently diagnosed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Is Dr. Henry referring to people who undergo mammograms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: No, that was very helpful. On unmet targets, such as smoking reduction rates, it would appear that in places like France, the Netherlands and Belgium, smoking rates are much higher than they are here, at least in public. What comparisons, if any, have been made with the causes for the eventual diagnosis? Do those countries have higher levels of cancer cases detected as a result? What is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which it might be possible for the 139 bus service to service Clonaugh, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can issue updated tax credit certificate/tax free allowances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (9 Apr 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which Ireland continues to perform well within the European Union from an economic perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/24]