Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the final report by the expert group on the hereditary cancer risk, established by the National Cancer Screening Service; if the findings will be made public; and the way they will integrated into the future and existing screening programmes being provided by the NCSS. [15466/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) commissioned two reports in early 2010 on the framework for the delivery of family risk assessment clinics and associated genetic services for patients at risk of hereditary breast and colorectal cancer. The reports are intended to assist with the organisation and development of an integrated cancer control and screening service for those with an inherited familial predisposition to these cancers and were submitted to the National Cancer Control Programme in February, 2010.

The NCSS was subsumed into the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) in April, 2010. The NCCP is examining the reports in the context of developing an appropriate service to manage familial and hereditary cancer. The NCCP will prioritise familial cancer in its Corporate Plan 2011 - 2013. In the meantime, anyone with concerns about cancer should contact their GP, who will advise on the most appropriate action to be taken.