Results 61-80 of 96 for cervical speaker:Leo Varadkar

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...consultations with their GPs and repeat smear tests if warranted. We have appointed a team from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology which is going to go through all of the slides again to see what anomalies were missed-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...can give the Deputy that assurance. I know the Taoiseach feels the same about it. In regard to women getting their smear tests, I think we all agree. Today is world cancer day. We know that cervical screening works and we know it has reduced mortality - the number of women who die from that disease - by nearly 7% year-on-year. It is a very successful programme, notwithstanding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...vaccine is dangerous. There is no evidence that it is and the European Medicines Agency is carrying out a review to confirm that. On the other hand, there is very strong evidence that it prevents cervical cancer, which is why it is given. It is the only vaccine that prevents cancer, so it is modern miracle in that sense. The committee will recall the scare we had previously in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (21 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...be applicable specifically to either men or women. By way of example, the Regulations include provision for such medical treatments as a prostatectomy or testicular biopsy (in the case of men) and cervical biopsy or maternity services (in the case of women). Therefore, the broad base line of procedures provided by minimum benefit should not be looked at in gender specific or...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (2 Feb 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of claims of an association between HPV vaccination and a number of conditions experienced by a group of young women. The vaccine protects against cervical, penile and anal cancer and helps to prevent genital warts. It appears that some girls first suffered symptoms around the time they received the HPV vaccine, and understandably some parents have connected the vaccine to their...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...daughters have experienced adverse reactions and health issues after receiving the HPV vaccine. As the House will know, the vaccine protects against two high-risk types of HPV that cause 73% of all cervical cancers. The link between HPV and cervical cancer is as well established as the link between HIV and AIDS, even though some very odd people still seem to dispute that. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...; 2025, is the national Framework for action to improve the health and well-being of the population of Ireland over the coming generation. Vaccination against HPV types 16 and 18, which protects girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults, is a long-term investment as the initial costs of vaccination will be offset by improved health outcomes and treatment savings 15 to 30...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...Gardasil®and Cervarix®). Gardasil®is the vaccine used by the HSE in the School Immunisation Programme. The vaccine protects against two high risk types of HPV (16 and 18) that cause 73% of all cervical cancers. Vaccinated women and girls will still be at risk from other high risk types of HPV that can cause cervical cancer and will therefore need to continue to have...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...considerably in recent years. More people now survive cancer than ever before. We have better treatment, quicker diagnosis and more prevention. Cancer screening works. In 2011, the incidence of cervical cancer in Ireland was 14 per 100,000. It is now ten per 100,000. Such a big decrease in a relatively short period can be attributed to things like the HPV vaccine and the screening...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of and have been monitoring the situation in relation to the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. The HPV vaccine protects women from developing cervical cancer when they are adults. The vaccine is available free of charge from the HSE for all girls in 1st year of secondary school. This is in accordance with the recommendation received from the National Immunisation Advisory...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...letter when it arrived on 31 October, five weeks before this report was published. It was extraordinarily complimentary of the Minister, in particular, and of many of the people who now work in CervicalCheck. It did not mention RCOG at all. I appreciate that she is honest and truthful in what she has said since then, although that was not the reason that was given five weeks ago. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of and have been monitoring the situation in relation to the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. The HPV vaccine protects women from developing cervical cancer. The vaccine is available free of charge from the HSE for all girls in 1st year of secondary school. This is in accordance with the recommendation received from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee. In Ireland,...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (2 Feb 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The HPV vaccine, Gardasil, which was introduced in 2010, protects girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults. It also protects against head and neck cancer, anal cancer and genital warts. It is available free of charge from the HSE for all girls in the first year of secondary school. I am aware of claims of an association between the HPV vaccination and a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are informed by public health advice and international best practice. The HPV vaccine protects girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults. It is available free of charge from the HSE for all girls in 1st year of secondary school and over 200,000 girls have received the vaccine since its introduction...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...the slides will commence. I anticipate, however, that it will commence very soon. The scoping and preliminary work done by the Royal College of Surgeons and the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology make certain suggestions - for example, that women should be asked for consent. Things were not done properly in the past and we need to do them properly in the future. In...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the decrease in alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. We have very good screening programmes that are much better than those in other countries, for example, around breast and colorectal and cervical cancer. There are lots of good things happening in our health service. We should be fair to people who work in health services and fair in general in acknowledging this. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ..., she was very understanding of the efforts we were making to put things right. I hope that something good will come of this tragedy. I hope that we can, to the greatest extent possible, eliminate cervical cancer in Ireland by extending the HPV vaccine to boys and improving our screening system while also building a health service which is more open, honest and respectful of patients....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...take any documentation from him. We will see if we can look into it and see if anything that needs to be rectified can be rectified. Today will be another difficult day for women affected by cervical cancer, and for their families and friends. I hope it will be another step in restoring confidence in the CervicalCheck programme, which we all know has saved many lives, detected cancer...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...out in respect of narcolepsy, whether it was caused by a vaccine or was coincidental and caused by something else such as a virus. What do we know about this vaccine? We know that it does prevent cervical cancer, which is an awful cancer that kills many women every year. We know it prevents genital warts, head and neck cancers, and also penile and anal cancers in men. We have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...services to be provided by the HSE within the available funding for the coming year. It outlines the provision of a range of Government initiatives including mental health enhancements, disability services, cervical screening, the HPV vaccine for boys, the introduction of termination of pregnancy services and the merger of the three children’s hospitals in Dublin into...