Results 41-54 of 54 for cervical speaker:Alan Kelly

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...of the Sláintecare report, the committee which Deputy O'Reilly and I sat on for 11 months with Deputy Shortall as the Chair, which recommended this. As somebody who is into the detail of the cervical cancer debacle, it was quite obvious as a result of what many of us saw transpire at that time in the Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Health, both which I am a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is a hugely important issue. As we all know, the CervicalCheck scandal that broke last year did huge damage to our confidence in the health system in this country. Specifically, I want answers to the following matters. At the time of the response by the Government to this issue, we found out that the Minister had established a review of all the slides of women who had cervical cancer...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (15 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: ...to allow it to be used on a trial basis. The Government and the company could work together or some other method could be used to that end. It is not acceptable that the 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal have access to this drug, but others do not. It is morally right that the State is paying for the 221 women in question to access this drug, as a result of a Cabinet...

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

Alan Kelly: ...going on for a significant period, which leads me to think that there are issues there. I have been in touch with the general manager. Are there broader issues with paediatric services? On cervical screening, I thank the Minister for taking what I said on board. Random sampling is necessary given the scale of the issue and concern in order to give a quick follow through in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the witnesses and thank the Minister of State for standing in for the Minister, Deputy Harris. I have some questions for Mr. Connaghan and others relating to the CervicalCheck issue which could be answered by Mr. McCallion or Mr. Connaghan. This will be a quick-fire round because we only have a certain amount of time for questions. Is Mr. Connaghan considering any structural...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: ...of his head indicates he does not have it. We cannot get near the detail of this without that information. We all have a duty to ensure there is public confidence in the screening process for cervical cancer and in the other screening processes. It is a duty we should all honour. The screening process along with the HPV vaccine, which our party has pushed, are essential to prevent...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Dec 2018)

Alan Kelly: .... The Minister has the power to bypass that process, as was done for Orkambi. It can be done for any other drug, as evidenced by the making available of pembrolizumab to 221 women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal. An article by Professor Michael Barry in last weekend’s The Sunday Business Postaddressed political interference in this area. The majority of political...

Scoping Inquiry into the Cervical Check Screening Programme: Statements (19 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: ...investigation should be short, must not get in the way of recommendations and should have tight terms of reference. We need to find out who did what, when, where, why and how with regard to the HSE CervicalCheck and possibly the Minister's Department. There is a jigsaw for where we are going with regard to cervical cancer. The priorities are the recommendations, HPV, and herd...

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Alan Kelly: I will be supporting the motion and thank the Members of the Rural Independent Group for tabling it. I will confine my comments to the CervicalCheck issue. It has been said the chief executive of the HSE will not be turning up at the Joint Committee on Health at 9 a.m. I might be breaking some protocol, but, as the Acting Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday, he...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...Limerick who diagnoses cancer eight times a week but has not done so for the last four weeks. These people are walking around not knowing they have cancer. We have a lack of screening for bowel and cervical cancer. BreastCheck is not operating. We also know we have elevated mental health risks. On top of that are the socioeconomic impacts of maintaining restrictions. All of this...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: .... We all know that screening is not diagnostic, but it can result in women and men needing different types of treatment, including more aggressive treatments. That is never a good thing. Regarding CervicalCheck, some 6,000 letters have gone out and there has not been enough of an uptake. This is a real concern. The low level of uptake needs to be tackled because otherwise there will...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Alan Kelly: ...will not be built in the timeframes offered, and that we are running out of time on the important national maternity strategy. If one breaks down the figures, there does not seem to be the provision for the level of investment required. I welcome the support being given for HPV testing for cervical cancer and CervicalCheck. I wish to remember Ms Emma Mhic Mhathúna today. I also...

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...judgment would not have consequences. It is a two paragraph letter, the second of which states that the advice the Department had received indicated the tribunal is configured to deal with such CervicalCheck cases as are sent to it by claimants and defendants on the basis of the applicable law on personal injury claims. The applicable law is the body of precedent that now includes the...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...had no impact on other projects. What a laugh. All Members of the House support the national cancer strategy, but there will be extra costs, given the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG, and the implementation of the report on cervical cancer, with other changes. It is, therefore, very disappointing to see no further commitment being given in that...