The board of BreastCheck recently submitted a business plan to the Department of Health and Children for the national expansion of the programme. The Department is in discussions with the executive of BreastCheck in relation to the expansion of the programme and, in particular, the linkages with the existing symptomatic services. The Government is completely committed to the national extension of BreastCheck and has invested substantially in the development of symptomatic services. Further development is still required, but we will continue to commit our efforts to BreastCheck and we will ensure that the national extension programme will be completed as soon as is humanly possible. We must proceed on a phased basis in order to take into account the complexities involved in the screening process.