Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Department of Health
Cancer Research
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has invested in cancer research in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/16]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Research Board, a statutory agency under the aegis of my Department, has invested approximately €21.8 million through Cancer Trials Ireland in the development of a network of cancer clinical trials in hospitals across Ireland over the past five years. The breakdown of the funding is as follows:
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
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€4.7m | €4.2m | €4.3m | €4.3m | €4.3m | €21.8m |
Meanwhile, the National Cancer Registry, another statutory agency under the aegis of my Department, has invested approximately €4.8 million in research relating to cancer statistics in Ireland over the same period. While some of this amount came from non-statutory bodies , the majority was state-funded. The breakdown of the funding is as follows:
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
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€1.1m | €1.0m | €1.0m | €0.8m | €0.9m | €4.8m |
Science Foundation Ireland has also invested in cancer research during the past five years.
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