Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will get those criteria for the Deputy and I will ask the Minister's office to follow up on that. I reiterate that the expansion of the national newborn bloodspot screening programme is a priority for the Minister for Health and this work has been ongoing since the establishment of the National Screening Advisory Committee. The work in this important area is continual and is evidenced by the addition of a ninth condition to the programme in May 2022. As I said, work is under way on consideration of the addition of a tenth condition. I will try to clarify that for the Deputy. The Minister is committed to the further expansion of newborn screening in Ireland and to identifying opportunities for future additions to it in accordance with internationally accepted criteria and best practice.

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