Gerry Reynolds
Ceist:148 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider the establishment of a breast screening programme for County Leitrim. [16366/97]
Vol. 481 No. 4
148 Mr. G. Reynolds asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider the establishment of a breast screening programme for County Leitrim. [16366/97]
The Deputy will be aware that in March 1997, the then Minister announced the introduction of a major action plan to implement the proposals contained in the national cancer strategy. Included in the plan were proposals for the development of a breast cancer screening programme. The first phase of the national breast screening programme will cover the Eastern, North-Eastern and Midland Health Board areas. It will target 120,000 women in the 50 to 64 age group, which represents some 50 per cent of the national target population.