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Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Jul 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Ivana Bacik: ...try to ensure that the legislation is strengthened. To reiterate what Senator Nash said about confidence in the system, it is welcome to hear the Minister state that the numbers of women going for cervical screening have increased even through the controversy. When we talk about that, we should acknowledge the huge contribution made by Vicky Phelan and so many of the other women affected...

Cancer Vaccine: Statements (6 Nov 2008) See 15 other results from this debate

Liz McManus: While this issue is about protecting women's health it is also a class issue in that women living in areas of disadvantage will now be three times more likely to get cervical cancer than the average person. These are the young women who will lose out because of this decision. People who can afford to pay will be able to access the vaccination and people who cannot pay will suffer, which is...

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004) See 3 other results from this debate

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...hospitals and the Department are fully committed to the expeditious roll-out to the rest of the country. Representatives have met to progress the design process, the next stage in the process. The cervical screening programme was introduced on a phased basis, with phase one commencing in the Mid-Western Health Board area in October 2000. Under this phase, approximately 74,000 women in the...

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006) See 11 other results from this debate

Mary White: ...for producing this comprehensive, clear, concise document. The onus falls on those in the Oireachtas to ensure the strategy is fully and properly implemented. Approximately 170 cases of diagnosed cervical cancer and 76 deaths occur each year. We must urgently roll out the national cervical cancer screening programme provided for in the strategy. A nationwide programme for cervical...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Nicky McFadden: ...to ensure that he is taken to task. Whether we agree with the way in which Jade Goody, who is dying, is conducting herself in public — that is her business — she has heightened awareness of cervical cancer and I applaud her for that. I also welcome the Government's cervical cancer screening programme. For once we are getting value for money. I ask, however, in light of our finally...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: I refer to the cervical smear scandal and the continuing fallout. We were all rocked last April when it emerged that Vicky Phelan had refused to sign the gagging order and lifted the lid on the scandal of the year. It is ongoing. With many others, I was shocked to hear that the interim director general of the HSE, Ms Anne O'Connor, had said she was concerned about the length of time it had...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I gave approval earlier this year for a switch to HPV testing as the primary cervical screening test, with cytology as a reflex test. This change will improve the sensitivity of testing, reducing the number of false negatives arising, although it is important to be clear that false negatives will always be part of any cervical screening programme. This change in testing remains a...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (8 Nov 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: The National Cancer Screening Service is planning to roll out the National Cervical Screening Programme on a national basis in early 2008. I have allocated additional revenue funding of €5 million to the Service this year for this purpose and an additional 30 posts have been approved. It is expected that approx. 240,000 women will be screened annually. Women aged 25 to 44 years old will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...Mullen has asked some very important questions. The point I was trying to make in the article to which he referred is that the clinical audit related to people who had already been diagnosed with cervical cancer. That is the message we have been trying to communicate for the past two weeks. I did not want any woman watching these debates while sitting at home or in her workplace and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (5 Nov 2019)

Regina Doherty: ..., my Department provides personal data (name, address, birth surname, mother's birth surname, date of birth, gender and PPS Number) to the HSE on a monthly basis in respect of the bowel, breast and cervical screening programmes. This data is used to compile and maintain a record of persons who, for public health reasons, may be invited to participate in any cancer screening (including any...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (17 Apr 2008) See 2 other results from this answer

Mary Harney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 227 together. The rollout of a national cervical screening programme is the most efficient population approach to preventing and controlling cervical cancer. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) is planning to roll out such a programme on a national basis around the middle of this year. Women aged 25 to 44 years old will be screened every 3...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...normal manner and be guided by this advice in accessing appropriate services including specialist opinion where necessary. The HPV vaccine, which was introduced in 2010, protects girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults. It is available free of charge from the HSE for all girls in the first year of secondary school. Gardasil is the vaccine used by the HSE in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: ...health and well-being, the graphic refers specifically to vaccination and I will concentrate on that. There is a vaccine which is in serious trouble, that is, the HPV vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine could possibly reduce the incidence of cervical cancer, which is associated with the HPV virus that is implicated in 70% of cervical cancers. The uptake of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Nov 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE has put in place arrangements which will facilitate access to Pembrolizumab for cervical cancer patients, on a case-by-case basis in public hospitals, when a treating clinician determines that this is in the patient’s best interests.  All prescribing decisions will be entirely a matter for the treating clinician, in line with patient safety protocols and the Medical...

Acknowledgement and Apology to Women and Families affected by CervicalCheck Debacle: Statements (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: ...and very welcome. It is essential that this apology is made and I thank the Taoiseach for it. It is important not only to the group of 221, but to all women who have been affected by the cervical screening scandal; those who have had their anxiety and concerns raised and those who have waited months for delayed results. This is of course a controversy which has particularly affected...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Apr 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: The rollout of a national cervical screening programme is the most efficient population approach to preventing and controlling cervical cancer. The National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) is planning to roll out such a programme on a national basis around the middle of this year. Women aged 25 to 44 years old will be screened every 3 years; women aged 45 to 60 will be screened every 5...

Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Harney: I have always accepted the consensus view of the relevant expert bodies that the introduction of a universal high uptake vaccination programme in young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer incidence. The issue was not, therefore, whether the case for a cervical cancer vaccination programme was accepted by myself...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (16 Feb 2010)

Mary Harney: I have always accepted the consensus view of the relevant expert bodies that the introduction of a universal high uptake vaccination programme in young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer incidence. The issue was not, therefore, whether the case for a cervical cancer vaccination programme was accepted by myself...