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Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome that we are having statements on men's health. I also acknowledge and pay tribute to Deputies Mark Ward and Seán Crowe for talking about their personal experiences. Leadership is important in terms of a lot of the things we are talking about, namely, breaking down the stigma that exists and helping people to overcome the inability to talk about their experiences. That...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I want to raise the publication of the national framework for the management of endometriosis in Ireland. This was an eagerly awaited report, with a huge weight of expectation, given the enormous failing of thousands of women with this desperately debilitating condition. There are welcome aspects to the report in terms of the greater commitment to investment and training, but endometriosis...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: They will not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I thank Ms Nolan, Mr. Dempsey and Dr. McCarthy for attending. I might start with Dr. McCarthy. I am conscious that a lot of what we are talking about here is the national cancer strategy, but one issue I want to raise is the inequality in access to cancer drugs. Last week we had Professor Michael Barry before our committee and he pushed back on the notion that there is an inequality in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: But they are not available here in the public system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: And they are available in the private system, are they? Sorry; I do not mean to cut across.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: How big is this an issue not only for Dr. McCarthy's own clinical practice but indeed for his colleagues in that the drugs are not available in the public system? What share of patients, in his view, does this affect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Wow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: As regards the national cancer strategy, I know the Irish Cancer Society produced figures a number of weeks ago which showed that three out of the 28 targets are not being met. Who is responsible for that? Is that the national cancer control programme or is it the head of the HSE? When we talk about more funding to cancer services, I am not clear if that is funding into the national cancer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: But where does the buck stop? Who is responsible for that not being met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: There is a huge shortfall when it comes to targets versus patients who are waiting too long for treatment. Obviously, we need to make sure that the necessary resources are in place for the health service next year. We have a problem in that we do not know if there will be any new money going into cancer care next year. If I heard him correctly, Mr. McCallion indicated that there is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: I am not specifically focusing on the national cancer strategy; I am focusing on cancer care overall. Is McCallion saying he is satisfied that the HSE will get, from the overall health envelope that was announced in the budget, the increase that is required to significantly improve on the missed targets in cancer care next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Great. What detail do we have with regard to adding to that infrastructure next year? We have been aware of the national development plan since the summer. That has given the HSE a clear indication of the envelope for the next five years. What additional infrastructural capacity will be put into the system in 2026?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Current Issues Relating to Health Services for Cancer: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: Of course.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (21 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 680. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the Department’s forecasts for the number of day service places and for the number of residential places that will be required by adults with intellectual disability in the next five and ten years respectively. [56713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (21 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 681. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional overnight stays and additional respite stays provided for in Budget 2026 on top of existing provision. [56714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (21 Oct 2025)

Marie Sherlock: 682. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current estimate of unmet need for residential care places for adults with an intellectual disability. [56715/25]