Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the mobile BreastCheck clinic will be available in County Limerick mid west area. [30390/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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BreastCheck commenced the screening process in the Southern region in October. I have allocated additional revenue funding of €8 million to the National Cancer Screening Service for this year to meet the additional costs involved in national roll-out. The full complement of 111 staff for roll-out has been approved. I have also made available an additional €26.7m capital funding for the construction of two new clinical units and the provision of seven additional mobile units and state of the art digital equipment. Construction commenced on the static site at the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital in Cork in November last year and final hand-over of the building is scheduled for the end of this month. The expansion of the BreastCheck programme to the Southern region covers counties Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Tipperary South Riding. The screening sequence for roll out to individual counties will be dictated by BreastCheck's management and operational considerations such as maximising uptake, most efficient use of mobile and static units and radiographic personnel.