Written answers
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Department of Health
Health Services
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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285. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17429/26]
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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286. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on her Departments plans to establish a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme, to replace the current regional model (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17430/26]
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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287. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establish a ring-fenced annual fund of €15–20 million to implement a ten-year national replacement cycle for linear accelerators and to create a national oversight body responsible for equipment planning, procurement, and installation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17431/26]
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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288. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider putting in place a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17432/26]
Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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289. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will consider the putting in place of a National Radiation Therapy Machine Replacement Programme, to replace the current regional model, as without a structured national linac replacement programme, access to modern, safe radiotherapy in Ireland will continue to be determined by geography rather than clinical need, entrenching inequity and placing patient outcomes at avoidable risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17433/26]
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