Deputy Michael Lowry highlighted the problems faced by cancer survivors, regardless of when they were diagnosed, in securing finacial products such as insurance and mortgage protection during Leaders’ Question in the Dáil.
The Thurles based TD is supporting the ‘Irish Cancer Society’s campign for the Irish Government to implement the ‘Right to be forgotten’ into legislation so that people do not have to delcare a cancer diagnosis 5 years after recovery.
This has been implemented by many other EU countries.
The Tánaiste Leo Veradkar says that the Department of Finance has met wth officals from Insurance Ireland and will meet with the ICS on the matter.
Mr. Veradkar says officals are examining the different approaches taken in Europe before making a propsal for Irish citizens which could not be expected for several months.
Mr. Veradkar revealed that Insurance Ireland will need to assess people in accordance to the type of cancer they had to properly calculate the risk invlolved and if they applied a rating due to cancer it would generally be time bound to 10 years subject to no further complications.
