Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the identity of the 15 candidate colonscopy units around the country which will deliver the national bowel cancer screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Fifteen candidate colonoscopy units have been identified around the country by the HSE-National Cancer Screening Service (HSE-NCSS) to support the screening programme and these must achieve accreditation in order to provide colonoscopy services on behalf of the programme. The NCSS has supported, and continues to support, the NHS JAG accreditation process for all 15 candidate sites. The accreditation process is for the purposes of quality improvement.

The candidate colonoscopy screening units are: Cavan General Hospital; Connolly Hospital, Dublin; Kerry General Hospital,Tralee; Letterkenny General Hospital; Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar; Mercy University Hospital, Cork; Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis; Sligo General Hospital; South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel; St James’s Hospital, Dublin; St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; AMNCH, Tallaght; Wexford General Hospital.

Other units not initially selected may in time be included as screening colonoscopy units as part of the national colorectal screening programme.