Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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369. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the State of delivering cancer treatment in the public system from 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15522/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Many of the treatments and services that cancer patients avail of are not solely provided for cancer patients. It is therefore difficult to define the total cost of provision of cancer treatments in the public system, as it is spread across the entire acute hospitals funding allocation. While it does not comprise the total annual cost to the State of delivering cancer treatment in the public system, the funding allocation for the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) is used for cancer-specific programmes and the continued implementation of the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026.

The funding allocation for the NCCP from 2018-2021 is as follows:

Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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370. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15527/22]

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

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a centre (details supplied) in County Wexford for a section 39 grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The funding of voluntary organisations through Section 39 is administered by the HSE. As such, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.