Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I acknowledge that the Minister and Ministers of State with responsibility for health said they were unavailable this morning, and I got a nice email from them.

The steering group is important. It is very welcome that €2.7 million has been made available for the implementation of the strategy. I will keep advocating for the women on the ground who are worried about a family history of breast cancer and do not know whether they are BRCA gene-positive and whether they can pass that on to their daughters.

While a lot is being done, I have some follow-up questions that can be brought back to the Minister for Health. What is changing on the ground today? What has changed since the implementation strategy? How many women will be waiting and how long will they be waiting for elective procedures? How long will it be until it is not only the wealthy who are able to afford to be empowered by knowing their genotype? We want to know that for all of the population. Those are my follow-up questions.