Intent: To meet with elected representatives and members of their team to discuss the challenges facing the cancer care pathway::To raise awareness of the challenges faced by people living beyond cancer::To request a meeting with the Minister for Health to discuss the areas for prioritisation along the cancer care pathway ::To raise the issue regarding availability of data on the performance of cancer centres
2 phone calls with Deputy Thomas Gould, 24.04.25 - Phone callEmails to Deputy Erin McGreehan's office, 07.04.25 and 08.04.25; email to Deputy Robert O’Donoghue, 16.04.25; emails to Deputy David Cullinane, 03.03.25, 18.03.25, 19.03.25 - EmailLetter to the Minister for Health, 05.02.25 - Letter
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question, when the National Cancer Strategy 2024 implementation report will be made public::To inquire, via parliamentary question, the Department’s approach ahead of the end of the current National Cancer Strategy in 2026::To inquire about multi-annual funding commitments for the National Cancer Strategy::To discuss National Cancer Strategy funding with the Minister for Health and Department officials
Email to Deputy Pádraig Rice, 27.03.25; email to Deputy Duncan Smith, 11.04.25. - EmailMeeting with the Minister for Health and Department officials, 30.04.25; meeting with officials from the Department of Health, 20.03.25 - MeetingPhone call with Clare Mungovan 09.01.25 - Phone call
Intent: To share information on Irish Cancer Society survey findings and access to urgent colonoscopy in 2024::To inquire, via parliamentary question on the number of people for colonoscopy within the recommended timeframes ::To raise concerns about colonoscopy delays and backlogs
Details: Access to health services (e.g. GP and colonoscopy, etc.)
Emails to Deputy Marie Sherlock's office, 15.04.25 and 16.04.25; email to Deputy Erin McGreehan's office - EmailMeeting with Deputy Marie Sherlock's office, 08.04.25; Meeting with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25 - Meeting
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question on the number of people attending rapid access clinics within the recommended time frames ::To request a meeting to discuss the cancer care pathway::To meet with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25
Emails to Deputy Johnny Guirke, 07.02.25 and 25.04.25; email to Deputy Colm Burke, 27.03.25; email to Senator Teresa Costello, 26.02.25 and 06.03.25 - EmailMeeting with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25 - Meeting
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question, on private outsourcing for radiation therapy services::To inquire, via parliamentary question on the initiation of the working group::To inquire, via parliamentary question on the status of the Radiation Therapy Advanced practice pilot programme::To inquire, via parliamentary question on waiting times for each of the radiation oncology units::To inquire, via parliamentary question on outstanding funding for clinical practice tutors::To inquire, via parliamentary question the anticipated number of radiation therapy graduates in 2025::To inquire, via parliamentary question regarding when the staffing model for radiation therapists was last updated::To raise awareness, share information and inform of the challenges on the cancer care pathway
1 phone call to Senator Laura Harmon, 10.04.25 - Phone callEmail to Deputy Pádraig Rice, 27.03.25; Email to Deputy Johnny Guirke, 25.04.25; emails to Senator Laura Harmon, 11.03.25; email to Deputy Jen Cummins, 11.04.25 - EmailMeeting with Senator Laura Harmon, 13.03.25 - Virtual Meeting
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question, on the number of people attending chemotherapy treatment within the recommended timeframes ::To discuss issues in regional access to cancer services
Cllr Declan Meehan, 02.04.25 - Phone callEmail to Deputy Johnny Guirke, 25.04.25; email to Councillor Anne Breen, 15.04.25; email to Councillor Cat O'Driscoll, 15.04.25; Councillor Roger Kennedy, 15.04.25; email to Councillor Sharon Benson, 15.04.25; emails to Councillor Declan Meehan, 27.03.25 - 01.04.25 - EmailMeeting with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25; meeting with Department officials, 20.03.25 - Meeting
Meeting with Deputy Barry Heneghan's parliamentary assistant; Meeting with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25; meeting with Deputy Colm Burke, 11.02.25 - Meeting
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question on the status of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme::To inquire, via parliamentary question on the number of recipients of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme::To inquire, via parliamentary question on NIAC recommendations regarding HPV Vaccination::To raise awareness of HPV vaccination rates in first year of secondary school::To raise awareness of the need to and call for the reinstatement of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch Up Programme.::To discuss the reinstatement of the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch Up Programme with the Minister for Health and department officials.
1 phone call to Patrick Dempsey, PA to Deputy Marie Sherlock, 10.03.2025; - Phone callEmails to Deputy Marie Sherlock's office, 07.02.25, 04.03.25, 13.03.25, 20.03.25; email to Deputy Catherine Ardagh, 07.04.25; emails to Deputy Roderic O'Gorman - EmailMeeting with Deputy Roderic O'Gorman; meeting with Deputy Catherine Ardagh, 06.03.25; meeting with Senator Laura Harmon, 13.03.25; meeting with Deputy Marie Sherlock's office, 08.04.25; meeting with Deputy Marie Sherlock, 11.02.25; meeting with Deputy Colm Burke, 11.02.25; meeting with Department officials, 20.03.25 - Meeting
Intent: To inquire, via parliamentary question, on waiting list times for cancer genetic services::To inquire, via parliamentary question, on optimum staffing levels for cancer genetic services::To discuss progress on the national genetics strategy with department officials
Letter to an Taoiseach, 31.03.25; letter to an Tánaiste, 31.03.25; letter to the Minister for Health, 31.03.25 - LetterMeeting with the Minister for Health and department officials, 30.04.25 - Meeting
