Louise O'Reilly
Question:891. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to BreastCheck by 10%. [18066/20]
View answerTuesday, 28 July 2020
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The National Screening Service has responsibility for four population-based screening programmes in Ireland CervicalCheck, Diabetic RetinaScreen, BowelScreen and BreastCheck. BreastCheck plays a central role in diagnosis and management of breast cancer in Ireland.
I am pleased that in the Programme for Government we have committed to extend the free screening age range in BreastCheck to those aged 69. This is an important development for the BreastCheck screening programme.
Based on the 2020 allocated funding for the BreastCheck Programme the HSE has advised the impact of a 10% increase in funding for BreastCheck would be €2.8m.