Liz McManus
Ceist:236 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Health and Children when the breastCheck programme will be extended to all parts of County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5330/02]
Written Answers. - Cancer Screening Programme.
I have been informed by BreastCheck, the national screening programme, that it will commence screening for women in Bray in May, 2002 and it is expected to take approximately 14 weeks to complete. BreastCheck also advises that no dates have as yet been formalised for the screen ing of women in the rest of Wicklow as two locations for mobile units to undertake this screening have still to be finalised. However, BreastCheck anticipates that the screening programme will be completed in Wicklow before the end of the year.