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Cancer Services

394 questions from 77 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

394
questions
384 written, 10 oral
77
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
3
departments asked

Questions per month

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

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20254
February 202536
March 202516
April 202534
May 202519
June 202528
July 202543
August 20250
September 202527
October 202531
November 202515
December 202533
January 20268
February 202623
March 20266
April 202618
May 202620
June 202616
July 20265
August 20260
September 20266
October 20266

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.

  • Aontú15 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil110 from 19 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael33 from 9 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent17 from 5 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland15 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party43 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity20 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin83 from 23 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 49
  2. 44
  3. 26
  4. 15
  5. 15
  6. 14
  7. 14
  8. 13

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within 20 working days. [38116/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
196. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients undergoing radical radiotherapy treatment who commenced treatment within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat, by location, for the period 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38117/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of new patients attending rapid access breast, lung, and prostate clinics within recommended timeframes for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38118/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
243. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women in the eligible population who have had a complete mammogram at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38210/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
244. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women offered hospital admission for treatment in BreastCheck host hospital within three weeks of diagnosis of breast cancer at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38211/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
245. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of eligible women with at least one satisfactory cervical screening test in a five year period at the end of June 2023-2025, in tabular form. [38212/25]
Frankie Feighan Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
876. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the efforts currently being made to improve the prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and quality of life for those affected by advanced ovarian cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37777/25]
Pádraig Rice Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
2. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the failure of a number of symptomatic breast disease clinics to see newly referred patients within ten working days (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure that these clinics meet their targets; if the required resources will be allocated to these clinics to ensure there is adequate staffing; to provide an update on t…
Paul McAuliffe Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
23. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the current emergency oncology resources at the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34884/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
187. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health to clarify if it is considered best practice that all pancreatic cancer patients, regardless of family history, receive genetic testing to identify and detect a possible inherited predisposition to such cancer in close family relatives; if she will clarify the timeline between a referral for such testing and the actual test being conducted; and if she will mak…
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
236. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health her Department's plans to increase funding and resources for a hereditary cancer model of care. [34960/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
237. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to establish oversight for the implementation of the hereditary cancer model of care. [34961/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
238. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to ensure the development of networked services and multidisciplinary teams, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34962/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
239. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to ensure workforce development, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34963/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
240. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to ensure there is patient information and supports for those under the hereditary cancer model of care. [34964/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
241. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is taking to provide patient information and supports, as recommended in the national cancer control programme in the hereditary cancer model of care, HSE national cancer control programme. [34965/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Health
242. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has taken to identify the IT infrastructure required to enable the implementation of this hereditary cancer model of care, including genetic counselling network and referral to national specialist genetics multidisciplinary teams. [34966/25]
Colm Burke Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
749. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to clarify the options available to women who have cancer and require breast surgery as regards their access to support services including breast protheses, and, in particular, whether they can attend any facility which is approved by the HSE regardless of where they are located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33533/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
752. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health to provide the details of funding being allocated to each cancer support service (as announced by her predecessor in October 2024), by county, in 2025; to specify whether this funding is recurrent; when each service will receive this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33570/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
865. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the operational status of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe from commencement to completion and opening; the cost of the development to date; the cost of operations to date; the full capacity staffing requirements for the laboratory and the unmet staffing need; the level of activity through the laboratory, by year; and if she will make …
David Cullinane Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
866. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer screening samples, by type, which have been processed domestically by public health services, domestically by private services, and which have been outsourced internationally, by location or service, in tabular form. [32426/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
933. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each cancer-related capital programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32776/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
934. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to specify which cancer-related capital programmes reached appraisal stage and have now lapsed in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32777/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each of the promised dedicated cancer units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32778/25]
David Cullinane Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
528. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to of concerns regarding post surgical complications on children in oncology services at CHI; if she was made aware of instances of prolonged recoveries for children following complications; the numbers of children involved; if she is aware if the families of those children were notified of the reasons for the complications and …