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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 Apr 2008)

James Reilly: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely the serious situation regarding cervical screening in Ireland and the reported plans of the Minister for Health and Children to outsource the reading of all 300,000 cervical smears outside this State to another continent, causing the closure of all Irish cervical smear laboratories and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Incidence (11 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: Data from the National Cancer Registry set out in the following table shows the number of cervical cancer cases diagnosed in females under 25 years of age per year and the rate per 100,000 females per year between 2007 and 2016 (latest finalised figures) inclusive.  Incidence of cervical cancer in those under 25 years of age:  Year Number of Cases Number of cases per 100,000...

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (31 Jan 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: ...15 62 Quarter 1 2006 8 23 Quarter 2 2006 9 16 Figures provided for 2005 and 2006 are by year of registration and are provisional. Ireland's relative 5 year survival rate for women diagnosed with cervical cancer is improving with the percentage survival rate increasing from 59.6% between 1994 — 1997 to 69% for the period 1998 — 2002. An effective national cervical screening programme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: It is estimated that regular cervical screening can prevent 75% of cervical cancer cases. However cervical screening will not prevent all cases of cervical cancer. In the cases of 1,482 women who had been screened and were later given a diagnosis of cervical cancer, CervicalCheck carried out an audit of their previous cervical screening tests. The objective of audit and quality review at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (6 Sep 2019)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1190, 1191 and 1197 together. Since 2010, as part of quality assurance measures, CervicalCheck reviewed the screening history of every woman notified to it as having a diagnosis of cervical cancer, who had previously been screened by the programme. The objective of audit and quality review at CervicalCheck was to facilitate continued improvement and...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Nov 2005) See 2 other results from this answer

Mary Harney: ...population based screening programmes for cancer are only considered where clear evidence exists of the benefit to the whole population to be screened. Population based screening programmes for cervical screening have demonstrated their efficacy internationally. A pilot cervical screening programme commenced in October 2000 and is available to eligible women resident in the HSE mid-western...

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I have great empathy with the women concerned about and affected by the recent issues relating to CervicalCheck. I know the emotion associated with not being told something. I fully believe in the principle and practice of open disclosure. My brother died unexpectedly at the age of 19 after a routine appendix operation and my family never got answers. That still hurts and bothers us as a...

Seanad: Cancer Treatment Services: Statements. (16 Apr 2003) See 2 other results from this debate

In relation to the development of services for women with cancer, the commitment of the Government is further evidenced by the introduction of the cervical screening programme. Cervical screening is a valuable preventive health measure when delivered as an organised screening programme. To meet the additional demand for cervical cytology laboratory services, additional resources of €2.5...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (5 Nov 2019)

Simon Harris: ...Health Service Executive. On a point of clarity, while the Deputy's question does reference late diagnosis and missed diagnosis, it is important to note that a screening test is not a diagnostic test. Cervical screening aims to prevent cervical cancer through the early detection and treatment of pre-cancerous changes on the cervix. Earlier detection can often increase treatment options,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2018)

Simon Harris: Performance of the cervical screening programme is monitored and reviewed on a on-going basis. Each year approximately 250,000 women have a cervical cancer screening and uptake rates reached the target of 80% in 2017. Over 50,000 pre-cancerous changes have been identified and treated arising from CervicalCheck. Incidence of cervical cancer has fallen by 7% annually since 2010. Meanwhile,...

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

Leo Varadkar: The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine protects against two high risk types of HPV that cause 73% of all cervical cancers.Trials of the vaccines involved found that they provide nearly 100% protection against infections with HPV types 16 and 18 and the cervical cell changes that these persistent infections can cause. The HPV programme is a long-term investment that will protect girls from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (7 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: CervicalCheck, the National Cervical Screening Programme, was introduced in 2008 and offers free smear tests to women aged 25-60. This is in line with international best practice. Invasive cervical cancer is extremely rare in women aged under 25, with less than 5 women in this age group being diagnosed with this condition in Ireland each year. While changes in the cells of the cervix...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (15 May 2018)

Simon Harris: While I appreciate the need to reassure women in relation to CervicalCheck, the clinical advice from the HSE and my Department is clear that there is no evidence that the clinical and technical aspects of the programme have performed outside or below the quality guidelines set for it, or below international standards. All laboratories contracted by CervicalCheck meet the...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Oct 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: A pilot cervical screening programme commenced in October 2000 and is available to eligible women resident in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary north. Under the programme, cervical screening is being offered, free of charge, to approximately 74,000 women in these three counties in the 25 to 60 age group, at five year intervals. I am committed to the national roll out of the cervical...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was spent on the advertisement of the cervical cancer vaccination programme; the number of civil servants who worked on the creation and formulation of the cervical vaccination programme during 2008; the grades of these civil servants; her views on whether the cervical vaccination programme would have saved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe: I wish to make a final point which is really important. It is the case that in these screening programmes not everybody will be protected against cervical cancer. While it works for the population, it does not work for every individual. It is really important to say that this crisis is not about the fact that there are women and families impacted by cervical...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (29 Jun 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Harney: A pilot cervical screening programme commenced in October 2000 and is available to eligible women resident in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary North. Under the programme, cervical screening is being offered, free of charge, to approximately 74,000 women in these three counties in the 25 to 60 age group, at five year intervals. I am committed to the national roll out of a cervical screening...

Cancer Screening Programme. (15 Nov 2006) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney. The laboratory of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland at Beaumont Hospital has decided not to continue with the testing of cervical smears referred by general practitioners in the southern and north-eastern areas. Approximately 60 practices are affected. This laboratory is private and contracted by the HSE to conduct...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cervical Smear Tests. (12 Dec 2002) See 3 other results from this debate

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...Health Board area. These kits are supplied by the board to smeartakers, predominantly GPs, in order to assist them in the provision of services in the case of women who present for opportunistic cervical smear tests in the region. We raised the matter with the South Eastern Health Board, which has responsibility for the supply of such kits, and it has responded to the effect that because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Professor Henry Kitchener: It is important for us to distinguish between the 30% level of false negatives that was referred to and the limits of cervical screening in terms of preventing cervical cancer. The 30% figure is derived from a paper we cited in the British Medical Journalwhich compared women who had been screened with women who had not been screened. It is clear that screening...