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Topics / Cancer Research

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Cancer Research

4 questions from 2 TDs, between 13 May 2025 and 9 June 2026.

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4 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil4 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Pádraig O'Sullivan
    3
  2. Shane Moynihan
    1

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The questions

Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1950. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that according to a 2024 review of cancer research investment in Ireland covering the period 2019 to 2022, 60% of €106.5 million awarded in cancer research grants by eight participating funders was concentrated in just three universities (details supplied); the steps being taken to broaden the institutional distribution of cancer research i…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1952. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that according to the cancer dashboard for Ireland published by the Swedish Institute for Health Economics in January 2026, drawing on Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association data, State processing time for cancer medicine reimbursement applications submitted between 2022 and 2024 averaged 492 days, more than twice the 225-day benchmark…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1953. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that according to the cancer dashboard for Ireland published by the Swedish Institute for Health Economics in January 2026, oncologists in Ireland report tailoring cancer treatment decisions based on patients' private health insurance status as a result of delays in public reimbursement of new cancer medicines, creating what the report desc…
Shane Moynihan Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1209. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of clinical trials, with a strong focus on cancer drugs. [24415/25]