Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the universal screening programme for cystic fibrosis will be implemented; the form this test will take; if the resources for the tests are available; the estimated cost of the screening programme; and if the staff training for this test has already been undertaken. [6811/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive National Service Plan, 2008 includes a provision for the implementation of a screening programme for cystic fibrosis in newborns by the end of 2008. My Department has requested the Executive to reply directly to the Deputy on the specific issues raised.