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Cancer Incidence

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Questions (1334)

Finian McGrath

Question:

1334. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health if there is any assessment or report by the Health Service Executive in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3 regarding the high rate of cancer locally. [37278/13]

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Written answers

The National Cancer Registry (NCR) is the statutory body with responsibility for the collection and analysis of information relating to the incidence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland. I understand that the NCR previously wrote to the Deputy in 2007 concerning cancer incidence in the area in question.

The NCR report of that time found that the number of cancers for the wider area in question was 'slightly fewer than would have been expected based on the rates for Dublin as a whole and slightly more than would have been expected from the national rates. These differences were small and almost certainly due to chance'. As pointed out at that time, analysis at street level is not available.

No further analysis was required or carried out in the interim. Meanwhile, the 'All Ireland Cancer Atlas 1995-2007' provides cancer incidence data at a geographical level for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and is available on the National Cancer Registry website (www.ncri.ie).

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