Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the author the Fianna Fáil policy document, Active Ageing and Quality Care, I have a very serious question to put to the Leader. The programme for Government states "We will also extend BreastCheck to 65 to 69 year old women". Women are at the highest risk of developing breast cancer between the ages of 55 and 75. This claim is supported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. While the programme for Government contains a commitment to extend BreastCheck to older women, a date for the extension of the delivery of the service has not yet been announced. I call on the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to deliver on his promise to extend BreastCheck to women between the ages of 65 and 69.

It is a commitment in Fianna Fáil's policy document, Active Ageing and Quality Care.