Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I echo Deputy Lahart's comments in thanking all the witnesses for the incredible work all health services staff have done in the exceptionally difficult circumstances of recent years. I thank them also for their attendance today.

I wish to go back briefly to Professor Flanagan and to the issue Deputy Lahart raised about the lower age limit. I have just been contacted by some younger women in their 20s and early 30s who have a concern about this. There is a bit of a campaign running to lower the age at which screening is offered. Professor Flanagan has provided a very comprehensive reply, but what is the trend of the incidence generally? Are there grounds for concern with regard to breast cancers in younger women? Maybe Professor Flanagan could tell us about the trend there if there is one. Also, what is the practice elsewhere - say, in other European countries?

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