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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022) See 5 other results from this debate

Róisín Shortall: ...and their families must be informed. They should expect openness and honesty. If the health service does not recognise a problem, how can it deal with it? There has been reform of the cervical screening programme because of Vicky Phelan and many other women who became involved in the cervical check issue. However, some of the important changes that Vicky advocated remain...

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Marian Harkin: ...her friends in the 221+ support group. Vicky will be remembered for her courage in refusing to walk away quietly when she knew that her stand would make a real difference in improving Ireland's cervical screening services. Vicky will be remembered for her brutal honesty regarding her illness. Her words opened the door for other women to speak up and speak out about how certain...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Daly: ...instead take actions. I hope that we can continue to take the necessary actions to right the wrongs that caused Vicky to come to notoriety initially. Other than her own campaign for and with the cervical cancer issue she was an inspiration to people in general, irrespective of what their personal problems may have been at any time. We saw somebody who was terminally ill dealing with a...

Report of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the UNCRPD: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...to gender-based violence must appreciate this alarming situation. Disabled women also experience barriers to accessing health screening services, resulting in a lower uptake of breast and cervical cancer screening. These can range from physical barriers to a lack of proper information. The Department of Health and the HSE need to take tailored approaches to these issues. My final...

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., it was put back in because there was an outcry across the country at the bubble - the bubble did not understand how angry people were - and the Government responded to that. The HSE developed leaflets about cervical cancer that spoke of women as people with cervixes. Many women do not want their identity to be deleted in that respect. This ideology is at the heart of Government policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the laboratories that cervical samples are currently analysed in, with regards to CervicalCheck samples and other cervical samples respectively; the number of samples in each case in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 128. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 17 May 2022, if he will provide an update on the National Cervical Screening Laboratory at the Coombe; the date it will be operational; the specific work that will be undertaken there; the number of staff required and the number recruited to date; the qualifications and grades of recruited staff; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (8 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: ...organised screening programmes for two of the four major cancers in Ireland, namely, prostate cancer and lung cancer, taking into account that nationwide 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. [54535/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Nov 2022)

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. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Cathal Crowe: 1200. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 27 October 2022, the fully staffed annual testing capacity of the new national cervical screening laboratory; and the tendering process which prevents the HSE from disclosing the total cost of sending samples abroad for testing in each of the past five years. [55361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: 302. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Cervical Screening Laboratory will open; the fully staffed annual testing capacity of the laboratory; the number of samples sent abroad for testing in each year for the past five years; and the total cost of sending samples abroad for testing in each year for the past five years. [54043/22]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., with the stroke of a pen, seek to delete references to women from legislation. It is not an isolated action. The HSE produced documents recently that removed the word "woman" from information on cervical cancer and replaced it with "people with a cervix". This language caused confusion among people who were in a difficult health situation and damaged the clear messaging around...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (11 Oct 2022)

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. The HSE will shortly be submitting its National Service Plan to my Department for approval which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., 1 level Anterior spinal fusion, 2 or more levels Arthroscopic reconstruction of cruciate ligament of knee with repair of meniscus Arthroscopy of hip Arthroscopy of knee Arthroscopy of shoulder Cervical discectomy, 1 level Cervical discectomy, 2 or more levels Correction of hallux valgus by osteotomy of first metatarsal, unilateral Correction of hammer toe Decompression of lumbar spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Emer Higgins: 694. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the free cervical screening service to women over 65 years who have previously had an abnormal result from a cervical smear test or who have been recommended to continue getting regular smears by their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the Health Service Executive. The information contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 08/09/2022. Criteria used • Cervical Check claims received on NIMS 01/01/2012 – 08/09/2022 Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2012 0 2013 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have made claims via the Cervical Check Tribunal; the number for whom claims have been settled; the number for whom claims have been rejected; and the number for whom the process is ongoing. [44672/22]

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

John McGuinness: ...from the bottom up at what the performance is like and what the outturns are, they are not very good. All one has to do is walk through the gates of Leinster House most weeks when the House is sitting. For example, cervical cancer sufferers made a presentation in the audiovisual, AV, room. They have described what they are being put through in the tribunal and in the courts as barbaric....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (12 Jul 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Care’. Question 5- Claims received between 01/01/2017 to 30/06/2022.- Incident Hazard Category equals ’Exposure to Psychological hazards’- Sub Hazard type equals ‘Wrongful Death’ Question 1- Cervical Cancer NSS claims received between 2017 & 2022 Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2017 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (28 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...12 Advisory Committee for Veterinary Medicines (HPRA) 12 Advisory Committee on Medical Devices (HPRA) 12 Beaumont Hospital Board 11 Cervical Check Tribunal 3 Children’s Health Ireland 12 Consultative Council on Hepatitis C 8 ...