Martin: Wait for cancer gene test too long

Women concerned they may have the same life-threatening cancer gene as actress Angelina Jolie are having to wait too long for testing, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has warned.

He was reacting to a report in yesterday’s Irish Examiner that women in Ireland at risk must either wait 18 months for DNA testing, or pay €1,400 to go private.

Mr Martin said the situation was not acceptable.