Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As I stated, BreastCheck has been independently and internationally verified as one of the two best screening programmes in the world. Everyone can have full confidence in it as a screening programme, as the Tánaiste said, but information needs to be given to the public generally on what screening programmes are and do and their limitations. That information may help to avoid some of the legal confusion.

The Tánaiste referred to open disclosure. It has been the informal policy of the HSE since 2013 to have open disclosure. It will be 2019, however, before it is rolled out in BreastCheck. Could the Tánaiste comment on that? Could he guarantee that there are no other underlying issues concerning any of the other screening programmes? Could he confirm that the Government is on top of this issue and not addressing it in the way it addressed the CervicalCheck issue when it first broke? Could he confirm that the Government will not be caught blind once again because being caught blind would undermine the confidence in the delivery of the programme?

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