(Supplementary Order Paper)

39 DÁIL ÉIREANN

Dé Máirt, 20 Bealtaine, 2008 Tuesday, 20th May, 2008

2.30 p.m.

GNÓ COMHALTAÍ PRÍOBHÁIDEACHA PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

Fógra i dtaobh leasú ar Thairiscint : Notice of Amendment to Motion

32. “That Dáil Éireann, noting: — the announcement of a National Cancer Strategy; — the proposal to develop eight centres of excellence at various locations around the country; — the intention to provide every patient with the best medical care and clinical attention; — the absence of a Centre of Excellence north of a line from Dublin to and conscious specifically of the geographical challenge and population distribution of the West/North West region; and — the proposed closures at University College Hospital Galway, where the Centre of Excellence is to be located, for the month of August this year due to severe budgetary constraints; calls on the Government to: — proceed immediately with the provision of Centres of Excellence, based on an adequate and ring-fenced budget; — proceed immediately with the provision of a satellite unit at Letterkenny General Hospital and under the responsibility of the Galway Centre of Excellence; — retain existing safe, high quality cancer services as at Mayo General Hospital and Sligo General Hospital as satellite units under the responsibility of the Galway Centre of Excellence; — ensure that all Centres of Excellence and satellite units are the subject of an annual HIQA audit; and — continue to work closely with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the development of cancer services.” — James Reilly, Jan O'Sullivan, , , Bernard Allen, James Bannon, Seán Barrett, Pat Breen, , Ulick Burke, Catherine Byrne, , , Paul Connaughton, Noel J. Coonan, , Seymour Crawford, , Lucinda Creighton, Michael D'Arcy, John Deasy, Jimmy Deenihan, Andrew Doyle, Bernard J. Durkan, Damien

P.T.O. English, Olwyn Enright, , , Terence Flanagan, Tom Hayes, , , , Pádraic McCormack, Shane McEntee, Dinny McGinley, Joe McHugh, Olivia Mitchell, , , Michael Noonan, Kieran O'Donnell, Fergus O'Dowd, Jim O'Keeffe, John O'Mahony, John Perry, , Alan Shatter, Tom Sheahan, P. J. Sheehan, , Billy Timmins, , Thomas P. Broughan, , Joe Costello, Michael D. Higgins, , Kathleen Lynch, Ciarán Lynch, Liz McManus, Brian O'Shea, , Ruairí Quinn, , Seán Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Emmet Stagg, Joanna Tuffy, Mary Upton, .

Leasu: Amendment:

1. To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:

“ — strongly supports the National Cancer Control Programme which aims to ensure that all patients have the best possible outcome from their diagnosis and treatment, regardless of where they live; — notes that the Programme was developed on the basis of extensive international evidence which shows that cancer survival rates are greatly increased when patients are treated by teams of experts in dedicated centres that deal with a high volume of cases; — endorses the approach taken in the Programme that cancer survival must be the priority in treating patients; — notes that under the Programme patients will usually only require a single visit to the specialist centre for their initial diagnosis and a second visit for their surgery, and will continue, as at present, to receive follow-up chemotherapy treatment at their local hospital; — welcomes the appointment of Professor Tom Keane and his team of clinical leaders to implement the Programme; — welcomes the support of leading cancer specialists and non-Governmental organisations, including the Irish Cancer Society, in the development and implementation of the Programme; — notes the improvement in 5-year survival of many cancers in Ireland and reaffirms its confidence in the National Cancer Control Programme as the best way to achieve further progress for cancer patients; and — urges all concerned with achieving better outcomes for cancer patients to work together to achieve the goals of the National Cancer Control Programme.” — An tAire Sláinte agus Leanaí.