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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

...services have been very challenged. Focus on the recovery of screening services post-Covid was a challenge. I have some information about fairly steady progress in recovery to steady-state for cervical, breast and bowel screening. Rapid access clinics for lung cancer and so on are all part of the bigger mix. I do not have the clinical expertise in this but I would generally favour that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12664/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

David Cullinane: 1302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12829/23]

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...help thinking about Vicky Phelan. When it comes to the health crisis for women in Irish society that is very much the case today, especially for women on the edges of society, especially Traveller women. As a woman who has gone through all of the cervical checks and still has to go through more underlying issues myself, I know that we do not have a good health service in this country for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Ireland currently operates three population-based cancer screening programmes (BowelScreen, BreastCheck, CervicalCheck), with a September 2022 trend report from the National Cancer Registry stating that our cancer programmes are effective, detecting cancers earlier and saving lives. Under...

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Paul Gavan: ..., not all of which are dealt with in this Bill. As we seek to honour Vicky and all those who have got us to this point, I am reminded of Vicky's own words after the death of a fellow cervical cancer sufferer, Ruth Morrissey: “I don't want your accolades or your broken promises. I want action. I want change. I want accountability.” This Bill is an important first step in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Professor Mark Lawler: I can comment on screening. Obviously cervical cancer is one of the three cancers we should routinely screen for now. Unfortunately, there was a European Council declaration in 2003 advising that we want to get things right in terms of cervical cancer, bowel cancer and breast cancer but 20 years later we still have not got it right. Thankfully, there has been a...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...now have HPV screening, HPV vaccines and the catch-up programme. It is important to say cancer survivorship rates in Ireland are going in the right direction. They are increasing. Our goal is to eradicate cervical cancer in Ireland. Patients going for screening is a part of that. Screening services are essential and the people I have met who work in those services are passionate and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing colposcopy and cervical check results to patients attending UHW; and if all those affected by the unacceptable delay will be contacted and updated on their tests. [6559/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff, by job title, who will be required to work in the new National Cervical Screening Laboratory, in tabular form. [5837/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Coverage (2 Feb 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...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). The health services and procedures provided by minimum benefit should be viewed as a cohort of procedures that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Dr. Clare Faul: I can add to what Professor Ó Laoide said. Some of the larger and more difficult cancers in the community include lung cancer and even cervical cancer, but in the last five years that has significantly improved. For example, we were below target in lung cancer. It is a difficult population because we are talking about people from disadvantaged communities. Rapid...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Jan 2023)

Johnny Guirke: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients who had surgery for cervical cancer; the number and proportion seen within the NCCP target timeframe for cervical cancer surgeries in each quarter in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3782/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (25 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: Every year in Ireland around 290 women get cervical cancer. Almost 90 of those women die from it. In women aged from 25 to 39 years cervical cancer is the second most common cause of death due to cancer. It is the responsibility of individuals, families, communities and the State to do everything possible to drive this number down. This week is European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (25 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - To discuss an update on and actions arising from consultations with survivors of institutional abuse. Deputy Holly Cairns - To discuss measures to increase the uptake of cervical screening. Deputy Mattie McGrath - To discuss the closure of the Corman Miloko plant in Carrick-on-Suir and the need to bring alternative employment to Carrick-on-Suir. Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer patients and their families. This year's allocation will be used to ensure the continued rollout of the National Cancer Strategy, and includes €3.8 million for cancer screening services including BreastCheck, Cervical Check and the National Cervical Screening Laboratory. Following a review of the 2023 National Service Plan (NSP), the HSE is revising the plan in line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stages I, II, III, IV or unknown stage from 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 1278. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the move of the HPV programme from a two-dose programme to a single dose programme may affect the target date for the elimination of cervical cancer in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63643/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Personal Injury Claims (18 Jan 2023)

John McGuinness: 1377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases and the total amount paid out in compensation for screening errors, perceived and actual, relative to the CervicalCheck screening programme in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of women who were successfully treated having been identified through the screening programme; if he will provide figures for the...