Results 121-140 of 1,460 for cervical

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Mar 2022)

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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Mar 2022)

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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...and patients. Second, the overarching intention of the Bill is to embed and support a culture of open disclosure. It is fair to say that many aspects of the Bill have been informed by the learnings from CervicalCheck, particularly the need to ensure accountability by service providers and clinicians in carrying out open disclosure to patients and families. I, together with my Department...

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

Sorca Clarke: 728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2021 and to date in 2022. [13125/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...over time. In 2009, the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (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 their first year of secondary school.  In June 2017, on foot of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Mar 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Kelly: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Equality (1 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Implementation Group meets regularly and is working towards the projected start date of August 2022, in laying the groundwork for implementation. - All three national cancer screening programmes continue to operate, CervicalCheck are screening at pre-Covid levels. New initiatives progressing, e.g., the new National Cervical Screening Laboratory, three new mobile screening units for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...immunisation 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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9927/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: In 2009, the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, approved the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine for 12- to 13-year-old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer. In 2018, on foot of a NIAC recommendation, the HPV vaccine also became available to boys in first year. Currently, the Department of Health has asked NIAC to consider providing the vaccine to girls and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...to ensure the parents are reassured as they go to Ukraine to try to bring home their much-longed for babies. Many of these women have come through cancer. Some of them were part of the 221+ cervical cancer group. These are people who have had an arduous journey to get to this stage. That they are arriving in a place where their baby is going to be born and terrified that it is going to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2022)

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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2022)

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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if cervical health checks will be repeated every two years in order to ensure best opportunities for early diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8423/22]

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

Peadar Tóibín: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been encountered; the costs of construction to date; the projected costs of the project; when the laboratory will open; if he plans to cease the outsourcing of CervicalCheck smears and slides to foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Feb 2022)

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. In June 2017, on foot of the NIAC’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: The Programme for Government commits to fully implement the recommendations contained in Dr Scally’s Report of the Scoping Inquiry, and all other reports into CervicalCheck. Significant progress has been made in this regard. The Department of Health publishes quarterly progress reports on implementation of Dr Scally's recommendations, and at the end of quarter three 2021, 164 of...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Bríd Smith: ...few: public-private partnerships on toll roads; school buildings that are faulty and on which we pay more and more to have them sorted out; the national convention centre; the national children's hospital; and the cervical check programme. Even with the history of a great number of observers of this plan having very serious concerns about it from the outset, it has developed in an even...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Stanley: That clarifies one aspect. Another is that this committee is not in a position to deal with this on its own. Due to situations like this one, the cervical smear tests and so on, compensation is running into the billions of euro at a time when we are trying to get investment to fill gaps in key areas of the health services and other services. This is a question that the Oireachtas needs to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Martin Conway: ...was 97 yesterday and it is 111 today. The call I made yesterday for an immediate independent investigation has been strengthened by the sad news of 111 people on trolleys in Limerick. January is cervical cancer awareness month. We all know how important the HPV vaccine is. Thankfully, there is a greater culture in this country of taking vaccines as a result of Covid-19. If greater...