Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

What the Minister stated is amazing. The Minister acknowledges that due to fact the Government has not really put its back behind this, the first women screened under BreastCheck on the east coast will possibly have their third screening before the programme is implemented in the west of Ireland. This is truly dramatic when we see the cancer report published during the week which shows BreastCheck identifies breast cancer at an earlier stage, the disease is less advanced, the trauma is reduced and the possibility of survival is dramatically improved because of it. These opportunities will be missed in the west.

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