Cancer treatment stopped in 16 of 24 days last month by hospital's aging radiotherapy machines, Dáil told

The Dáil heard that 40% of radiotherapy machines would need to be replaced within the next five years. File photo: Gerard McCarthy

The Government should introduce a centralised scheme to replace aging radiotherapy equipment, the Dáil has heard.

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett, who recently got the all-clear following treatment for throat cancer, said some radiotherapy machines were as much as seven years beyond their replacement time.