Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government, particularly under health, has a commitment to treat all our people equally and uniformly across the country. Late last week and earlier this week, it came as a huge surprise to survivors of breast cancer to learn the HSE had changed its policy on providing supports to post-mastectomy products to women who had been through a breast cancer procedure. There was a great outpouring of concern that future supports available to women who have survived breast cancer will be significantly reduced. The HSE and the Minister have said this will be suspended until August but we need clarity on this. Will everyone receive the same level of support post-breast cancer procedure and will it be at the existing amount, not the reduced amount which had been flagged by the HSE?

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