About the National Screening Service
The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) was established by the Minister for Health and Children in January 2007. The establishment followed the launch of a Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland 2006, which advocates a comprehensive cancer control policy programme in Ireland. The Strategy examines prevention, screening, detection, treatment and management of cancer in Ireland in the coming years. On 1 April 2010, the NCSS became part of the Health Service Executive (HSE) within the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP).
On 1 January 2014, the NCSS became the National Screening Service (NSS), part of the Health and Wellbeing Division of the HSE.
The National Screening Service is responsible for: