Written answers

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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981. To ask the Minister for Health the number of lung cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41484/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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982. To ask the Minister for Health the number of breast cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41485/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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983. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bowel cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41486/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41487/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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985. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ovarian cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41488/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) collects, classifies, records and stores information in relation to each newly diagnosed individual cancer patient, and in relation to each tumour that occurs.

NCRI advise that figures for 2019-2020 have not yet been fully validated. The figures available for the most recent NCRI annual statistical report (published Dec 2020) cover the period 2009-2018 and are as follows:

Diagnosis year Ovarian Cancers
2009 350
2010 364
2011 355
2012 390
2013 357
2014 425
2015 416
2016 384
2017 400
2018 387

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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986. To ask the Minister for Health the number of brain cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41489/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of skin cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41490/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) collects, classifies, records and stores information in relation to each newly diagnosed individual cancer patient, and in relation to each tumour that occurs.

NCRI advise that figures for 2019-2020 have not yet been fully validated. The figures available for the most recent NCRI annual statistical report (published Dec 2020) cover the period 2009-2018 and are as follows:

Diagnosis year all skin cancers melanoma skin cancers non-melanoma skin cancers
2009 8,749 776 7,973
2010 9,523 896 8,627
2011 10,241 895 9,346
2012 10,361 875 9,486
2013 10,899 1,006 9,893
2014 11,442 1,055 10,387
2015 11,850 1,133 10,717
2016 11,811 1,143 10,668
2017 12,464 1,117 11,347
2018 13,032 1,157 11,875

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