Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 January 2016
348. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health why there is no BreastCheck clinic in the Dublin 12 area, given that a person in Crumlin who has to get a regular annual BreastCheck has been informed she has to attend at Tallaght hospital or St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin 4. [2972/16]
View answerBreastCheck provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64 every two years and is available nationwide. It is currently being extended to women aged 65-69.
There are four static centres responsible for the delivery of BreastCheck, two in Dublin and one each in Cork and Galway. In addition the Screening Programme also provides mobile screening services in convenient locations in community settings, in Dublin and around the country.
Separate to breast screening, comprehensive symptomatic breast services are available for women in the eight designated cancer centres. These centres, together with a satellite centre in Letterkenny, provide a range of services, including for women who have been referred by their general practitioner.
