Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My second question is directed at Ms Power. It concerns breast cancer screening, which is not available to the under 50s. This was new to me. A very good friend of mine under the age of 50 had breast cancer. In the meantime, we put forward a motion in the Dáil relating to breast cancer screening for the under 50s. It is stark. There are reasons it does not happen but I will give the reasons it should happen. Breast cancer makes up 30% of all invasive cancers in women and there are around 30,000 cases of it per year while Ireland has the eighth highest incidence rate and the fifth highest mortality rate in the EU. Why is breast cancer screening not available to the under 50s?