Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 175: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of BreastCheck in the west. [11653/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The roll out of the national breast screening programme to the remaining counties is a major priority in the development of cancer services. This will ensure that all women in the relevant age group in every county have access to breast screening and follow up treatment where appropriate.

A design brief for the BreastCheck static unit at University College Hospital Galway has been completed. The advertisement for the appointment of a design team will be placed in the EU Journal shortly. I am confident that the target date of 2007 for the expansion of BreastCheck nationally will be met. Any woman irrespective of her age or residence who has immediate concerns or symptoms should consult her GP, who, where appropriate, will refer her to the symptomatic services in her area.