Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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440. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend BreastCheck, the national free breast screening programme to women aged between 65 and 69 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28657/14]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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441. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to extend BreastCheck screening to women aged between 65 and 69, as outlined in the 2011 programme for Government. [28680/14]

Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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442. To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck free screening service for women aged between 65 and 69 will be rolled out; if he will confirm whether the extension to this age group will be included in the Health Service Executive's national services plan for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28683/14]

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the age for free mammograms through the BreastCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28561/14]

Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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444. To ask the Minister for Health when he will extend the BreastCheck scheme to women aged between 65 and 69 years of age in line with the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28588/14]

Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the extension of BreastCheck to women aged between 65 and 69, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/14]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the extension of BreastCheck, the national free breast cancer screening programme, to women aged between 65 and 69, as was promised in the programme for Government; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 10% of breast cancer patients are in the 65 to 69 age group and this group also has high mortality rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/14]

John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the BreastCheck screening programme to women aged between 65 and 69 in line with a programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/14]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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571. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has to extend BreastCheck to women aged between 65 and 69 during 2014 in view of the commitments made in the programme for Government and in Future Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/14]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the BreastCheck screening range to those between the ages of 65 and 69 years in view of the fact that a significant proportion of women are diagnosed in this age range. [28505/14]

Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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590. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the extension of BreastCheck to the 65 to 69 age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 to 445, inclusive, 564, 565, 571, 587 and 590 together.

The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. A priority of the BreastCheck Programme at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort.

It is my intention to extend the upper age range to include the 65-69 age cohort as soon as possible in line with available resources.