2496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will review whether men without regular GP access are at a disadvantage in accessing PSA testing; and if alternative access pathways will be considered. [46376/25]
Topics / Cancer Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCancer Services
394 questions from 77 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
394
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384 written, 10 oral
77
TDs have asked
10
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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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2497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a cost–benefit analysis of introducing routine PSA screening for men in certain age brackets, in terms of both survival outcomes and reduced treatment costs for late-stage cancer. [46377/25]
2503. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the ‘lookback’ review of matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda was prompted exclusively by the hospital’s quality assurance process or were concerns over the performance of the consultant in question raised independently, and in any other context, with management; and if she will…
2504. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to confirm the current employment status of the consultant who is the subject of the review into matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a medic at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; if the consultant is still operating in a patient-facing role; if not, on which date were they taken out of a patient-facing role; are there any similar…
2505. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for the date on which hospital management and the HSE were first informed of the issues that prompted the ‘lookback’ review into matters relating to the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells by a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; the steps management took from that date to the HSE’s media statement announcing the review on the 26 August 2025; …
2516. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a verbal and/or written briefing was provided to An Taoiseach, his officials or political staff by any official of her Department, the HSE, the she and/or her staff in relation to the identification of issues regarding a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells which is the subject of an independent review; the dat…
2517. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the date on which she and/or her Department was briefed and informed of issues regarding a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and the miscategorising of pre-cancerous cells which is now the subject of an independent review; and if the briefing came from the Department of Health or the HSE. [46504/25]
2533. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on plans to extend the cohort eligible for screening under the National Bowel Screening Programme, BowelScreen; when those age 74 years will be eligible for screening under the BowelScreen programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46598/25]
2534. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the BowelScreen programme has given consideration to extending the screening programme to those beyond 74 years-of-age, on a case-by-case basis; if not, if BowelScreen is keeping research supporting this under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46599/25]
2535. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when biopsies for DMG and DIPG gliomas began in Ireland. [46615/25]
2536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG since Ireland began carrying out biopsies on these particular tumours, broken down by year. [46616/25]
2537. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG that have undergone biopsies since they began in Ireland, broken down by year. [46617/25]
2538. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have received a place on a clinical trial since biopsies began in Ireland for DMG and DIPG, broken down by year. [46618/25]
2582. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has initiated or been requested by her Department to undertake an investigation into the mis-categorisation of pre-cancerous cells in the case of a number of patients at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46814/25]
2607. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for cancer screening and cancer treatment at year end in each of the past ten years. [41095/25]
2608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons screened for cancer in the State in each of the past ten years; the types of cancer screened for; and the annual screening target in each of those years, in tabular form. [41096/25]
2609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who began chemotherapy treatment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [41097/25]
2613. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries carried out in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41101/25]
2624. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the State regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41112/25]
2628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any analysis to determine the number of cancer diagnosis delayed as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41116/25]
2633. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fund and implement the hereditary cancer model of care in Ireland, with particular reference to improving genetic testing and surveillance for those at risk of inherited cancers like pancreatic cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41153/25]
2634. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer who were referred for genetic testing following diagnosis, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41154/25]
2635. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the estimated proportion of pancreatic cancer patients with inherited genetic mutations who are currently receiving access to genetic testing, counselling, and tailored treatment plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41155/25]
2636. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current resourcing of the hereditary cancer model of care within the National Cancer Strategy; if she will outline the additional funding being considered to ensure national access to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41156/25]
2684. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for chemotherapy to commence from time of referral in each hospital group between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41424/25]