Written answers

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Department of Health

Cancer Screening Programmes

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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399. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding for BreastCheck in 2019 by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39769/18]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below;

Programme Est Cost 201815% Increase on 2018 Costs
BreastCheck€24.1m€3.6m

It is planned to continue the implementation of the BreastCheck age extension to women aged 65 to 69 years on an incremental basis to achieve full implementation by 2021.

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