Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion

Photo of Martin ConwayMartin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome our guests and acknowledge the great work they do at all times and particularly in the recent difficult period. I thank Professor Ó Laoide for the comprehensive overview he gave in his opening statement. I would like to drill down into some statistics, which I hope the witnesses can provide. How many people went through the screening service in 2019, before the pandemic, and how many went through it in 2020 and thus far in 2021? What is the position in terms of a catch-up programme, given that there are most likely people whose screenings did not happen because of the Covid-19 restrictions? I would like to start with those figures.

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