Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2025
965. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the details of Ireland's five-year survival rate for breast cancer; and if her Department holds data on the way in which this compares with Britain and other European standards. [71783/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe National Cancer Registry of Ireland (NCRI) has a statutory obligation to collate information in relation to national cancer incidence across all tumour types. This information will typically only be made available 2 to 3 years after the year of incidence, in keeping with international standards.
In answer to the Deputy's queries, a graph is set out in the link below outlining the age-standardised five-year net survival for breast cancer in Ireland for the period 2018-2022 which has been provided by the NCRI along with information on the most recent and comparable figures available in Europe.
The Government is committed to improving cancer care, ensuring better prevention, maintaining improvements in cancer survival rates, and timely access to treatments.
