Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2016
452. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been ring-fenced in budget 2017 for clinical cancer trials here; the amount of this funding which has been allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31873/16]
View answerSince 2005, the Health Research Board (HRB), a statutory agency under the aegis of my Department, has invested approximately €53m in the development of a network of cancer clinical trials in hospitals across Ireland.
The HRB funding is provided to Clinical Trials Ireland (CTI) to support clinical trials at hospital sites, as well as the CTI Group Central Office and a Statistics and Data Management Office based in Galway. The HRB is committed to investing a further €8.995m in Clinical Trials Ireland, and €1.284m in the Statistics and Data Management Office, in the three years from 2016 to 2018. Clinical Trials Ireland decides on the allocation of funding for individual clinical trials in hospitals.
