Results 21-40 of 118 for cervical speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The introduction of the HPV screening test last year was a significant milestone for our cervical cancer screening programme. This move to HPV cervical screening, which is a more sensitive test and helps identify more people at risk of cervical cancer in the population, means that Ireland joins a small group of countries that employs the best-in-class testing to screen their populations for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Arising from the court cases relating to CervicalCheck, the Government of the time agreed that Mr. Justice Charles Meenan would be requested to review how claims arising out of CervicalCheck could be resolved outside the court process. In his Report on an Alternative System for Dealing With Claims Arising From CervicalCheck submitted in October 2018, Judge Meenan proposed that claims...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a cancer, especially one that was increasing. Now we will see it in our lifetime. Remarkable. Kim, a patient advocate, described how much it meant to her to be at the event, having had cervical cancer herself. She said: "To see the progress that’s being made in eliminating this cruel disease is really something.” On Friday morning last, clinicians and patient advocates...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

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. Following a review of the 2023 National Service Plan (NSP), the HSE is revising the plan in line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government commits to fully implement the recommendations contained in Dr Scally’s Report of the Scoping Inquiry, and all other reports into CervicalCheck. Significant progress has been made in this regard. The Department of Health publishes quarterly progress reports on implementation of Dr Scally's recommendations, and at the end of quarter three 2021, 164 of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if a compensation tribunal will be established immediately in order that women terminally ill with cervical cancer can have their claims processed as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for cervical smear test results; the number of women waiting for a repeat smear test following his commitment to provide same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (24 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of measures to expand access to Pembrolizumab to all clinically suitable women with cervical cancer. [3688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of repeat cervical smear tests conducted since May 2018 that are now invalid owing to delays in assessing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (26 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical smear tests provided by the national screening service in each of the years 2012 to 2018. [9392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (12 Jun 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for women to make use of the rapid access pathways in cases in which they need urgent medical assistance after cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24392/19]

Select Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I will move it and withdraw it. I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, line 30, after “concerned,” to insert the following: “where that woman agreed to participating in the Review of Cervical Screening up to 3 months after the commencement of this Bill, ”.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Dec 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the review of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists into cervical cancer cases, he will request a review of colposcopy practices as outlined in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51653/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (10 Dec 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the way in which women and their families were treated as part of the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in cervical cancer cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51654/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the Health Service Executive. The information contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 08/09/2022. Criteria used • Cervical Check claims received on NIMS 01/01/2012 – 08/09/2022 Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2012 0 2013 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Jun 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the proactive outreach actions being taken to contact and offer additional screening services for those with a high risk profile for cervical cancer in view of the controversy surrounding the CervicalCheck screening service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27145/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: Is this group as a population likely to be different from the 1,400 to 1,500 from CervicalCheck? Is it a randomised group? Should we assume that approximately 200 women from this group may also have an existing diagnosis of cervical cancer but have not been told about a previous error or false negative?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if women who find their cervical smear tests were misread and have now been diagnosed with cancer can avail of the care package being provided to the 221 women whose smears were audited by CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...note that any surveillance programme needs to be operational for some time before data can be used to assess clinical effectiveness. Ireland is committed to the global effort to virtually eliminate cervical cancer in the decades ahead and much progress is being made. In Ireland we are in a strong position to meet the global targets set by the World Health Organisation through...