457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any equality or impact assessment on disparities in access to oncology drugs between public and private patients; and if so, to publish those findings. [52828/25]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCancer Services
394 questions from 77 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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384 written, 10 oral
77
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 36 |
| March 2025 | 16 |
| April 2025 | 34 |
| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 28 |
| July 2025 | 43 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 27 |
| October 2025 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 33 |
| January 2026 | 8 |
| February 2026 | 23 |
| March 2026 | 6 |
| April 2026 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| June 2026 | 16 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide comparative data on the time from European Medicines Agency approval to reimbursement for new oncology medicines in Ireland versus other EU member states; and to indicate whether Ireland is above or below the EU average. [52829/25]
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will publish in full the rationale, minutes, and assessments underpinning reimbursement decisions on oncology drugs since 2020; and if not, the reason for the continued confidentiality. [52830/25]
460. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national registry of oncology patients treated with newer cancer therapies is maintained; and if so, to outline how this real-world data informs reimbursement and future access decisions. [52831/25]
461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to accelerate the availability of oncology generics and biosimilars to reduce cost barriers for the public health system; and whether legislative or regulatory reform is being considered in this regard. [52832/25]
462. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients precluded from accessing CAR T-cell treatment due to the current age restriction on the treatment, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52849/25]
197. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a business case from a group (details supplied); the status of her Department’s consideration of same; if she has engaged with the group concerned since receiving its business case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52393/25]
238. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere to the national standard of 2 weeks for urgent referrals. [52607/25]
239. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of lung cancer rapid access clinic attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 who were offered an appointment within ten working days. [52608/25]
240. 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. [52609/25]
241. 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. [52610/25]
242. 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. [52611/25]
847. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2502 of 8 September 2025 and the failure of the HSE to provide a full response to the question, if the HSE will confirm the date on which management at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital were first informed of concerns in relation to the performance of a person (details supplied); if the HSE will also confirm the date it was decided th…
848. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2500 of 8 September 2025, if, prior to the Assurance Quality Framework process that identified concerns regarding the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a person (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda whose work is subject to the current lookback review, any complaints or concerns were raised with man…
343. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]
179. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the NSAC work to consider the further expansion of the cancer screening programmes; when the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/25]
608. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALLtype B cell) who, at 35 years of age (details supplied) is not eligible to receive CAR T cell therapy as it is only licenced in Ireland for those under 26; the reason Ireland is the only country with this age requirement, and the rationale for this decision; the circumstances a…
675. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the lack of progress in implementing the recommendations of the national radiation therapist review; the status of the implementation group; the number of times the group has met; if an implementation plan will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50341/25]
677. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2920 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details regarding the major equipment replacement programme and expansion programme underway at St Luke's Radiation Oncology Network (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the replacement project for linear accelerators in St. Luke's, Rathgar; and if she will make a stateme…
679. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a proposal to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme (details supplied); if she will commit to doing so to address the critically outdated linear accelerators in many of the State’s public cancer treatment facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50354/25]
1152. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for cancer patients to start chemotherapy treatment following a diagnosis in the Cork region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47820/25]
1207. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide the staff and open the hospice beds in St. Anne's Hospital, Cahersiveen, County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48129/25]
2493. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing a structured screening programme for prostate cancer, similar to BreastCheck and CervicalCheck, given international evidence and recent high-profile cases highlighting the consequences of late diagnoses. [46373/25]
2494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the public information campaigns that are in place to encourage men over 50, or those in high-risk categories, to request PSA testing from their GP; and if she will consider funding a targeted awareness initiative. [46374/25]
2495. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of prostate cancer cases diagnosed at stage three or four in each of the past five years; and the steps being taken to improve earlier detection rates. [46375/25]