Health Services
Seanad Éireann — 2021-10-05
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Erin McGreehan (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

It is positive news that, as the Minister of State mentioned, the three-year extension of BreastCheck appointments will be back to normal within the year. When reflecting on all the challenges the health service and BreastCheck have had over the past 18 months to two years, it is good news that we will be back to normal and better than our neighbours in having a two-year turnaround for BreastCheck.
I very much welcome that the national screening service and the HSE will carry out an extensive media campaign to highlight this. Early detection will save lives, improve outcomes and make for far better outcomes for everybody. I appreciate that they are implementing the current age extension, which is great. I will look for the commencement ages to be lowered, but that is another day's work. It is up to the national screening advisory committee to recommend that to the Department.
I very much thank the Minister of State. It is good news. There is a lot done and a little more to do.

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Sitting date: 2021-10-05