Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 Key Performance Indicators December 2022 has been prepared and is due to be published shortly alongside the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 Implementation Report 2022 at the link below:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/b27fe-national-cancer-strategy-2017-2026-implementation-report-2022/

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 to 216, inclusive, together.

The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) has a statutory obligation to collate information in relation to cancer incidence, prevalence, stage at diagnosis, treatment, survival, and mortality. This type of information will normally only be finalised and made available 2 to 3 years after the year of incidence, in keeping with international standards. Officials in my Department contacted the NCRI for the most up to date information and have collated the below information based on what they received.

Stage breakdown of cancers diagnosed 2012-2020, by selected cancer site

Data for years 2021 onwards are substantially less complete and are not included here, pending further compilation and validation by NCRI, in keeping with international standards.

Figures are based on the major histological cancer subtype(s) at the sites listed and use the TNM 5th edition classification of stage for cases diagnosed 2012-2013 and the TNM 7th edition classification for cases diagnosed 2014-2020.

Staging criteria are not directly comparable between the earlier (2012-2013) and later (2014-2020) diagnosis years. Non-stageable histological subtypes are excluded, and carcinoids and gastrointestinal stromal tumours are also excluded for colorectal cancer (to improve continuity with pre-2014 data).

For all three cancers listed, data are provisional for 2018 and to a lesser extent 2017, and subject to further updating by NCRI. For lung cancer, data are also provisional for 2019 and 2020. In these years, there is a higher proportion of cases of unknown stage, and the numbers and relative proportions of Stage IV cases, in particular, may be underestimated in these years, as information to confirm Stage IV status typically takes longer to compile.

The data are set out in the table at the following link:

">Stage breakdown of cancers diagnosed 2012-2020

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) has a statutory obligation to collate information in relation to cancer incidence, prevalence, stage at diagnosis, treatment, survival and mortality.

This type of information will normally only be finalised and made available 2 to 3 years after the year of incidence, in keeping with international standards.

While cancer diagnosis figures within emergency departments is not specifically collected in this manner, similar and related data would be available in the following reports:

• NCRI Research Report, published in March 2018, "Diagnosing cancer in an emergency: Patterns of emergency presentation of cancer in Ireland 2002–2015" which is available to download on the NCRI website: www.ncri.ie/publications/research-reports/diagnosing-cancer-emergency-patterns-emergency-presentation-cancer
• NCRI Statistical Report, published in November 2018, "Cancer in Ireland 1994-2016 with estimates for 2016-2018" which is available to download on the NCRI website: www.ncri.ie/publications/statistical-reports/cancer-ireland-1994-2016-estimates-2016-2018-annual-report-national

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.