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Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...The SCA have informed me that the information below has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The criteria used by the SCA relate to claims on NIMS in relation to Cervical Check. Data is as of 12th December 2022. The State Claims Agency (SCA) has received 378 CervicalCheck claims as of the 12th December 2022 including psychological claims brought by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Dr. Diarmuid Quinlan: GP nurses have a huge role in general practice. Most parents see that. They see their children getting vaccines and cervical smears and receiving chronic disease management. The nurses play a really important role. They are an integral part of our GP training programme for our GP workforce. However, we simply do not have anywhere near enough of them. I worked in...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022) See 7 other results from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...this. That is how bad society is that we cannot take it as a given that when somebody, whether a clinician, a medic or even a company, discovers an error or misreading of such a vital test as a cervical smear test that they would immediately inform the patient. That there was an immediacy about that. The problem as we know far too well, and some people know to their detriment, is that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...or your broken promises. I want action. I want change. I want accountability. It was a most eloquent and heartbreaking call to action for all of the women and their families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal. As the Taoiseach knows, mandatory disclosure and a duty of candour was one of Vicky's core demands. Mandatory disclosure means a legal obligation on clinicians and health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...population. For anyone who has concerns about cancer, the key message is that they should contact their GP where they can be referred for diagnosis and treatment. For people without symptoms, screening programmes for breast cancer, cervical cancer and bowel cancer are available free of charge for people who are eligible.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Service 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (Resumed) (6 Dec 2022)

David Cullinane: ...with the Department. I wish to ask about issues relating to the State Claims Agency. The Minister mentioned that a note on future claims would be sent to us in due course. He also mentioned CervicalCheck and patient safety. Earlier today, the Minister and I had a telephone conversation on the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill and amendments coming up tomorrow,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2022)

Aisling Dolan: ...mentioned already. It is positive to hear of the proposals, particularly on reducing the age for breast screening to 45, reducing the age for colorectal screening and the idea of the home test for cervical smears. Those are all positive proposals and I would support their being considered by the advisory committee. We have heard supports for radio announced this morning, particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Nov 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact persons seeking cervical screening from CervicalCheck centres are being refused appointments if they are not registered patients of the GP surgery in which the screening is taking place; if this is correct given that CervicalCheck advise via their website that people do not have to be a registered patient of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (29 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of recommendations set out in the MacCraith Review of the Cervical Check Screening Programme that have been implemented; if he will provide details of the recommendations which have not been implemented; the timescale for when all of the recommendations of the report will be fully in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quality assurance process in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in respect of laboratory services for cervical screening; the engagements that he has had with the hospital regarding the issue of non-compliance, as referred to in Review of the Implementation of Recommendations of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday, with other Deputies, I attended the launch of the "Final Report – Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme" by Dr. Gabriel Scally. It was an uplifting briefing but it was also sombre. One could not help thinking of all the women who should have been here today had it not been for the systemic failures in the cervical cancer screening programme. A...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh. Dr. Scally and I met this morning in the context of his report. One of the things we talked about is our absolute commitment to the goal of eradicating cervical cancer in this country, and the HPV vaccine is part of that. As the Deputy will be aware, we are rolling out the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up programme. The NIAC advice I have at present is to provide...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Promotion (23 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...organised screening programmes for two of the four major cancers in Ireland, namely, prostate cancer and lung cancer, taking into account that the national screening programmes for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer have led to the early detection of cases in recent decades, and if he will make a statement on the matter. The screening programmes, BreastCheck,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...resolved between the parties following which final orders were made by the Tribunal. Five (5) concluded cases ended on the basis that the Tribunal issued notifications pursuant to s. 12 (3) of the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act, 2019. It is anticipated that the Cervical Check Tribunal's work dealing with claims will come to a conclusion next year. Operational costs of the Tribunal for 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (22 Nov 2022)

David Cullinane: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; the timeframe for delivery of the project; the cost of the project to date; the unmet staffing requirements for the laboratory; the estimated final cost of the project; the estimated annual running cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Seán Canney: ...the steps that are being taken to address the failure in leadership and management, the failure to tell the whole truth, the false reassurance and attempts to play down the seriousness of the Cervical Check debacle as highlighted in the Government Cervical Check State apology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57975/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Réada Cronin: ...the Department of Health management has eye-watering salaries and the perpetual luxury of learning lessons. In the week of Vicky Phelan's death we learned there has been no retrospective review of cervical slides for the past four years, despite recommendations to do so. This morning we learned that Tusla has spent €400,000 - nearly half a million - without tender, on a company...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Nov 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...week of Vicky Phelan. Although she was born in Kilkenny, Vicky was a Limerick woman and a tremendous advocate for women's health. Her honourable request was that action be taken immediately on cervical checks. We are all obliged to do so as parliamentarians. Last month, University Hospital Limerick asked members of the public not to attend the emergency department unless absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

...and frank open disclosure where patient safety incidents occur, that is, where unanticipated of unintended outcomes of healthcare provided has arisen so there is no query. Equally, in terms of cervical screening, we have spent a lot of time and are rolling out a patient-requested review so that women can review their slides with the support of a screening service. Again, that is...