David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer diagnoses in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Based on data provided by the National Cancer Registry Ireland, the number of cancer diagnoses in 2017 and 2018 (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) are as follows:

The National Cancer Registry Ireland advises that the numbers for 2018, in particular, are subject to revision if further information becomes available to them through data validation and data audit processes.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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768. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who saw a consultant in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The number of patients who attended Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinics, Lung Rapid Access Clinics and Prostate Rapid Access Clinics in 2017 and 2018 is set out below.  These clinics operate in each of the 8 designated cancer centres (with a Symptomatic Breast Disease Clinic also in Letterkenny University Hospital as a satellite of University Hospital Galway). The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme advises that data on the number of patients who saw a consultant at symptomatic cancer clinics for other tumour types is not currently available.