Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I move:

That Dáil Éireann,

recognises that:

—there are approximately 1,700 cases of women with breast cancer each year;

—approximately 640 women die each year from breast cancer;

—cancer screening plays a significant role in reducing deaths from cancer;

—women in the Republic of Ireland are suffering because of the failure of the Government to extend BreastCheck nationally;

—the Government misled the people in the south and west of the country in relation to the timeframe of the roll-out of BreastCheck;

—the failure of the Government to roll out the national cervical screening programme has left numerous women in Ireland go undetected for cervical cancer; and

calls on the Government to immediately roll out BreastCheck and the national cervical screening programme together with a true and accurate timeframe.

I wish to share time with Deputies Hogan, Connaughton, Deenihan, Hayes and Ó Caoláin.

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