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Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: People Before Profit has six and a half minutes.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: You could but you are out of time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of legislation for the recognition of foreign divorce in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for audiology services from HSE community services in the Russell Centre, Tallaght; and the average waiting time for those services. [16572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow; the plans in place for its use; and the date by which it will be brought back into use. [16573/24]

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

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Senator Hoey. Copies of the minutes of the meetings of 27 and 28 February and 5 and 20 March 2024 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the funding and implementation of the national cancer strategy. The meeting will be divided into two sessions. We will hear...

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

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Power. On a point of information for members, there was a briefing note sent out yesterday from the Secretary General of the Department of Health, Mr. Robert Watt, and it might be helpful to both groups in the discussion this morning. I will open up to members straight away. Deputy Colm Burke is going to lead us off on the questions.

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

Seán Crowe: It is a matter of deep frustration for the committee because we set aside a lot of our work to discuss vaping. We were told that legislation on vaping was going to be a priority. We, as a committee, prioritised the legislation and rushed it through but now it is sitting on someone's desk. Hopefully, the Minister or someone in his office might be listening and will take the initiative to...

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

Seán Crowe: I was conscious of some of the information received, included that there are 23,000 diagnoses of invasive cancer on a yearly basis. It was also said that 61 new drugs were introduced in recent years. I was impressed that there were 61, but the witnesses said we are the second slowest in Europe, which is worrying. It is a positive message for anyone in the service, that new drugs are coming...

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

Seán Crowe: Just on the screening-----

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

Seán Crowe: Is expanding screening purely down to money?

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

Seán Crowe: Deputy Cathal Crowe has joined us. Although we have run out of time, I will allow a quick question.

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

Seán Crowe: I appreciate the witnesses' having come in this morning. We have had a very useful session and it has set us up for the next meeting. There was considerable interest in the radiotherapists. If we get a specific note on that, we can follow through. Some committee members were already talking about putting in parliamentary questions. We will get an opportunity in the future.

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

Seán Crowe: The witnesses did not get the opportunity to respond on the screening that is happening abroad. The issue arose during the cervical cancer thing, but I think it is still a big concern for people. Screening needs to be timely and accurate, and people need to have trust in it. Anybody listening in who is worried should know that there are services there. They should contact their GP. If...

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

Seán Crowe: We now resume our consideration of the funding and implementation of the national cancer strategy. I am pleased to welcome from the HSE, Dr. Colm Henry, chief clinical officer; Professor Risteárd Ó Laoide, national director of the national cancer control programme; Ms Fiona Murphy, chief executive of the national screening services; and Dr. Triona McCarthy, consultant in public...

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

Seán Crowe: I thank Dr. Henry. The big issue that jumped out to me was that at the end of 2021, 215,000 people were living with or after a diagnosis of an invasive cancer. That is the positive news in Dr. Henry's opening statement. Our guests probably heard some of the contributions made earlier to the committee and those contributions will probably feed into the discussion we will have. We are a...

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

Seán Crowe: Thank you very much. I call Deputy David Cullinane.

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

Seán Crowe: Does Dr. Henry want to give a quick response?