Sinn Féin health's spokesperson has called for an urgent plan to catch up on missing cancer screening and treatment services, saying additional funding is needed immediately to ensure the screening and cancer test backlogs are cleared quickly.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, David Cullinane said because of infection control guidelines and social distancing, the National Screening Service will be unable to screen people at the same numbers they did prior to Covid-19.
He said the Irish Cancer Society needs extra funding to pay for current spending such as laboratories, staff, physical space such as more mobile labs and physical units to treat people.