Cancer Screening Programmes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 March 2018

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Ceisteanna (226)

Tony McLoughlin

Ceist:

226. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Health if women in the north-west region, in particular in counties Sligo and Leitrim, will have the continued access to a follow-up mammography at Sligo University Hospital beyond 2019; the process involved in supplying this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14472/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health

I am advised that the contract for a mobile mammography service at Sligo University Hospital, providing follow-up mammography for breast cancer patients post treatment, has been extended recently for a further 12 months.

The contract for this service was awarded following a tendering  process run by the HSE.