Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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461. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce Scoliosis screening into secondary schools [45230/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In 2011, the UK National Screening Committee commissioned a systematic assessment of the evidence base for scoliosis screening based on international evidence. The review concluded that screening for scoliosis was not beneficial.

There have been no significant additions to the evidence base since that assessment. The Irish epidemiology of scoliosis is not known to differ from that in other countries therefore this finding is also relevant for the Irish population.

In conclusion, there is no evidence to support the re- introduction of scoliosis screening in secondary schools in Ireland.