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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening Programmes (21 Oct 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...reading of their cancer screenings. The Department of Health, when contacted by concerned women during the height of this scandal, emailed them back to say the issue was not one of concern because cervical cancer is known to take ten to 15 years to develop. This means there are likely to be women throughout the State who may feel they are perfectly healthy but, because of the rates of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...schedule will continue to be amended over time. In 2009, the NIAC recommended HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination for all 12 to 13 year old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer when they are adults. In September 2010, the HPV vaccination programme was introduced for all girls in first year of secondary school. The NIAC recommended that the HPV vaccine should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ...for the replacement? When will know exactly what it is and will it be sufficient to meet the requirements? Those requirements are growing as opposed to otherwise. What stage are we at with cervical cancer screening and bringing that up to date with the results of tests and continuous screening? To what degree are patients continually informed, do they have to wait or are they asked...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Mairead Farrell: ...levels of nurses, consultants and other doctors. We would resolve the issue of pay inequality, which continues to hamper recruitment of specialists. We would fully fund the national cancer strategy and the national cancer control programme and have €10 million in additional funding for the catch-up of delayed screening and diagnosis. We would also provide an additional €12...

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Matt Shanahan: ...in the First World. Our border is open and air travel remains unrestricted. Our intensive care unit, ICU, capacity is fast diminishing and other diagnostic procedures such as breast cancer and cervical cancer screening are being deferred. As I have already told the Minister, my own hospital, University Hospital Waterford, has just one cardiac care isolation room. The Minister kicked...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...available and that people are attending them. We also need a public awareness campaign. The Taoiseach mentioned screening. It is a passion of mine; I am sure he understands that. First, the cervical cancer screening backlog was meant to be filled by this month. Has that been done? Second, if someone wants to get a BreastCheck appointment and does a Google search the website says the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2020)

Sharon Keogan: ...involved in attending church and it is a shame that those of faith cannot now participate in mass. Today is 7 October, the second anniversary of the sad passing of Emma Mhic Mhathúna, who died of cervical cancer at the age of 37. The tragedy of her death was magnified by the fact that she was the mother of five children. To date this year, 39,000 women have been screened for...

Seanad: HSE Winter Plan: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...and those with chronic diseases is a major positive and the number of acute beds has doubled. We also have doubled the number of home support hours, which is positive. I raise the matter of breast and cervical cancer screening under the winter plan. We are all aware of the hidden health cost of Covid-19 and the unfortunate delays in care for cancer patients. There are backlogs and...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...spending on this. There is no doubt that there need to be controls. A sum of €2 million is large and I am concerned there might be another agenda at play. We are all familiar with the CervicalCheck scandal, which was a shocking situation that happened in this country, and with the amount of coverage it received internationally. Strangely, if one Googles the words "cervical check...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...targets. Within those targets, there need to be specifics and pathways to achieve those specific targets. Unfortunately, I do not see this in the plan which is disappointing. We must ensure CervicalCheck is fully reinstated and resourced in order that it catches up with those women left behind since March 2020. The waiting time for those who have had their tests and who urgently...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...Are we just cocooning here and saying we know best? We have a bad history with the HSE. The CMO, Dr. Tony Houlihan, is coming in back and I hope his wife is well but he has a bad history in the HSE with the cervical smear deaths and the death sentences perpetrated on women. We have not got a great history on a plethora of issues. Consider the waste on the national children's hospital...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Martin Conway: ...to have an emergency debate on that issue tomorrow. Today, 30 September, would have been the 28th birthday of Laura Brennan had she lived, but as Members know she died in March of last year of cervical cancer. She dedicated the last 18 months of her life to campaigning for the HPV vaccine and the critical importance of families ensuring their young 13-year-old boys and girls would avail...

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020) See 3 other results from this debate

Elisha McCallion: ...process. It is a matter of great concern that many screening programmes in Ireland are failing and falling behind. Before the outbreak of Covid-19, we had the awful and tragic shambles of the cervical smear scandal. As everyone knows more than 200 women were directly affected by the failures highlighted in the Scally report. These failures led to the misreading of hundreds of cervical...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (25 Sep 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

Frank Feighan: ...amended over time. In 2009, the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, recommended HPV, or human papillomavirus, vaccination for all 12 to 13-year-old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer when they are adults. In 2010, the HPV vaccination programme was introduced for all girls in the first year of secondary school. The NIAC recommended that the HPV vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (15 Sep 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women availing of cervical screening since 1 March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (15 Sep 2020)

Jim O'Callaghan: 721. To ask the Minister for Health when the statutory tribunal established for the purpose of assessing claims against the State arising from its negligence in the provision of cervical screening shall be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...schedule will continue to be amended over time. In 2009, the NIAC recommended HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination for all 12 to 13 year old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer when they are adults. In September 2010, the HPV vaccination programme was introduced for all girls in first year of secondary school. The NIAC recommended that the HPV vaccine should...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020) See 6 other results from this debate

Mary Butler: ...can be so much more positive if one has early intervention. The three national cancer screening programmes play a key part in the prevention and early detection of cancer. BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen have evolved and expanded over the years since their establishment, in line with international best practice. Since 2000, BreastCheck has provided more than 1.9 million...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...of only five countries in Europe that do not have it in the first place but during a pandemic, it should not be a choice between going without pay or going into work.. It should not happen. On cervical cancer, I urge the Taoiseach to act for many reasons, given the false commitments and promises made, sometimes accidentally, by his predecessor in regard to the women affected. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (8 Sep 2020)

Niamh Smyth: 1037. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the full resumption of BreastCheck and cervical smear tests for those in need; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the cessation of the assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21271/20]