James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is important that confidence is restored in the cancer screening programme. As the Minister of State stated, this is the second most common cancer in the country but we have a very low uptake on screening. This is critical to people's lives because, if the cancer is caught early, outcomes are good when help is obtained. The HSE report makes comprehensive recommendations, which are welcome, but it is a wonder that those recommendations were not already in place given they seem to be fairly sensible and obvious. I am somewhat concerned that the report does not seem to have an implementation plan or timelines. Will the Minister of State state whether a plan and timeline for the implementation of those recommendations will be published and acted on?

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