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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-05-16/35/
16 May 2019 -
ensure no false linkages are made between accessing those therapies and a claim that something is a treatment...for cancer....I know this Bill is of great interest not only in this House but also to cancer patients, advocacy groups...These are people who are committed to providing professional, high quality and appropriate treatments...Whereas the aim of the Bill is in line with the national cancer strategy regarding the standard of patient
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
Senator Mark Daly I have stated the most qualified person in the Chamber has his name on the Bill which...I support the Bill, as there is no one more qualified than Senator John Crown, while no one has a better...track record on the issue of cancer treatment than Senator Mark MacSharry.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-05-16/9/
16 May 2018 -
Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-10-10/15/
10 Oct 2018 -
Mental Health (Capacity To Consent To Treatment) Bill 2018: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
It is important that we debate the issue but I am concerned about the Bill....of cancer, as approved by the European Medicines Agency, are supplied to all persons who are cancer...sufferers who require cancer treatment as certified by a registered medical practitioner."...Cancer care is an extremely important issue....Four designated cancer control networks and eight cancer centres with multidisciplinary teams were established
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
I agree that there is nothing malicious about the Bill, the intention behind which is to ensure the best...When the HSE's NCCP was established in 2007, it aimed to ensure people with cancer would be treated in..., radiation oncology and medical oncology in order to optimise diagnosis and treatment....The regime of treatment for complex cancers involves careful assessment of all options and continued...monitoring of patients throughout their cancer journey.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-04-16/10/
16 Apr 2003 -
are not receiving appropriate cancer-directed treatment....their treatment protocol, whereas the national average should be 50%....As Senator Brian Hayes said, if we can encourage people to be seen early, they can get treatment and...What sort of nation is this if survival depends on whether someone can afford to get treatment?...We talked today about a massive advertising campaign to encourage people to seek information early.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-04-15/20/
15 Apr 2003 -
It is difficult to tell someone who is on a waiting list for cancer treatment that one will make representations...their rights to lifesaving hospital treatment and care....treatment because of the lack of hospital beds....Everybody wants to extend their life and someone diagnosed with cancer wants immediate treatment so that...While the Bill establishing the children's ombudsman may be the responsibility of the Minister for Justice
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-04-15/20/
15 Apr 2003 -
Deputy Gormley asked why the bill keeps rising and why we have to invest more....we appoint an oncologist, one can take it for granted that there will be a €2 million to €3 million bill...attached in terms of oncology drugs, more activity and greater treatments....For example, the number of new patients per annum receiving radiotherapy treatment has increased from...Breast cancer is the individual site specific cancer which has received the most investment in recent
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
Section 3 seems to allow all "medicinal products necessary for the treatment of cancer, as approved by...Section 3 refers to the approval by the European Medicines Agency of "products necessary for the treatment...of cancer".
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
If people were to examine the Bill with a cold eye, they may see imperfections in it, but why not allow...It does not seek to set up in any shape or form an inequitable treatment for cancer sufferers above and...legislate for speedier access to drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency for those suffering from cancer...As Senator MacSharry said in regard to skin cancer drugs, it removes the public outcry element where...The Minister of State said, "Furthermore, a Bill on the pricing and supply of medicines will shortly
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1995-01-26/23/
26 Jan 1995 -
Deputy Fitzgerald has also raised issues about the wider policy area of the treatment of cancer....I draw the attention of the House to a package of major developments in the provision of cancer treatment...Luke's site into a national centre of excellence in the treatment of cancer....This is a major capital investment and will greatly enhance the level of service for cancer patients....This post has been advertised nationally and internationally.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-04-16/10/
16 Apr 2003 -
Our primary objective in all of this, whether it is the provision of services for cancer treatment or...other treatment, must be best practice and quality service to ensure we spend the money wisely....to get people to those services, particularly in the case of oncology and radiotherapy services for cancer...and prostate cancer....Second, we must embark on a massive advertising campaign to encourage men to get these tests done at
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
We know the number of deaths from cancer each year and the number of people affected by it....We agree that everything possible and practicable should be done to provide treatment and support for...It is difficult to argue that all possible steps should not be taken in support of cancer treatment but...If adopted it would charge the Minister to provide an almost unlimited access to treatment which, in...I am saying is that — Senator John Crown referred to it — a policy of unlimited funding for certain cancer
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
This Bill undermines that responsibility....conducted along with our research team, has failed to uncover any other national precedent for this Bill...Section 3 seems to allow the prescription of all "medicinal products necessary for the treatment of cancer
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
I regret that the Bill proposed by Senators MacSharry, Crown and Darragh O'Brien has been received so...There is evidence that drugs are an effective way of treating cancer....treatment was on hospital care and only 3% to 6% was on drug treatment....drug-based treatments....medicines increased life expectancy of the average patient with cancer by almost one year at a mean
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
My county of Waterford — the south east as a whole — still does not have the type of cancer services...committed to the delivery of a fully dedicated and integrated oncology unit, with the three modalities of cancer...The previous Administration produced a very good national cancer care strategy....An effective cancer care service requires not just access to medicines but also the provision of the...world-class infrastructure necessary to provide the cancer treatment citizens require.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-11-12/23/
12 Nov 1998 -
this issue and given me the opportunity of clarifying the situation regarding the provision of breast cancer...criteria for urgent cases include the existence of a breast lump, previous family history of breast cancer...The Regional Directors of Cancer Services in the various health boards are preparing proposals for the...further development of services for the treatment of cancer, including breast cancer....Advertisements for these staff were recently placed in the national press and once the relevant staff
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-10-03/26/
3 Oct 2019 -
service first opened its doors in the small town of Cootehill in 2012 and expanded to Cavan town in 2018...come through their treatment....There are many good groups which provide comfort and services to cancer patients as they undergo treatment...The ladies I have met who were among the founders of Cuan have all been through a journey of cancer treatment...In November 2018, Cuan joined with other services nationally and wrote to the Minister for Health, Deputy
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2012-07-11/26/
11 Jul 2012 -
rising incidence of cancer and the prevalence of patents remaining on ongoing treatment....There are now more than 700 new drugs in clinical trials around the world and the nature of cancer treatment...It is not necessary to legislate for optimum access and treatment for cancer patients....To do so would be inequitable for other patients in need of effective treatments and would introduce...risks for patients in this era of increasing complex treatments.
