Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Other Questions

Cancer Screening Programmes

5:55 pm

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will follow on from the Minister's last point on cervical testing. Will he accelerate that into 2018 to move towards the HPV testing? On the overall programme, we are approximately 12 years into the 2006 strategy for cancer control, including BreastCheck, CervicalCheck, BowelScreen and Diabetic RetinaScreen. What type of audits are the Government and Department ordering on the whole range of cancer screening services? How does the Minister plan to expand that?

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