(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 Galway 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, Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore, Bernard Allen, James Bannon, Seán Barrett, Pat Breen, Richard Bruton, Ulick Burke, Catherine Byrne, Joe Carey, Deirdre Clune, Paul Connaughton, Noel J. Coonan, Simon Coveney, Seymour Crawford, Michael Creed, Lucinda Creighton, Michael D'Arcy, John Deasy, Jimmy Deenihan, Andrew Doyle, Bernard J. Durkan, Damien P.T.O. English, Olwyn Enright, Frank Feighan, Charles Flanagan, Terence Flanagan, Tom Hayes, Brian Hayes, Phil Hogan, Paul Kehoe, Pádraic McCormack, Shane McEntee, Dinny McGinley, Joe McHugh, Olivia Mitchell, Denis Naughten, Dan Neville, Michael Noonan, Kieran O'Donnell, Fergus O'Dowd, Jim O'Keeffe, John O'Mahony, John Perry, Michael Ring, Alan Shatter, Tom Sheahan, P. J. Sheehan, David Stanton, Billy Timmins, Leo Varadkar, Thomas P. Broughan, Joan Burton, Joe Costello, Michael D. Higgins, Brendan Howlin, Kathleen Lynch, Ciarán Lynch, Liz McManus, Brian O'Shea, Willie Penrose, Ruairí Quinn, Pat Rabbitte, Seán Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Emmet Stagg, Joanna Tuffy, Mary Upton, Jack Wall. 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..