Results 41-44 of 44 for cervical speaker:Bríd Smith

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

Bríd Smith: ...are worried sick that, in the long run, this may endanger their lives because, as has been said over and over during this debate, cancer can be life threatening and life taking. The same is true of CervicalCheck, bowel screening, etc. The thrust of the motion is to insist that we begin to find ways to return to full, normal and proper screening services. The denial of screening services...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Bríd Smith: ...and new twists it is easy to forget what lies at the heart of the scandal. I am sick of hearing the same mantra in every response from the Minister, the HSE and the self-professed experts on CervicalCheck, whether in the media or otherwise, that it is complex, that we do not understand the intricacies of testing, that it is not a diagnostic test, that every screening process has errors...

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...measles-related deaths decreased by 79% in the 21st century up to 2014. Measles vaccination has played a key role in reducing child mortality. As to the HPV vaccine, we know that more than 90% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV, a disease which killed 270,000 girls worldwide in 2012, while 10% of women have required invasive treatment for a pre-cancer over their lifetimes. Numerous...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Bríd Smith: ...intends to address the issue, given that when he was in opposition, he seemed to agree with and share these concerns when we discussed the original Act. I will make some general comments on the CervicalCheck scandal. Women affected by this scandal, and some of us who have raised it here, have had to listen continually to an avalanche of commentators and experts explaining to us that...