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Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jul 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: ...cancer programme was rolled out Ireland had one of the worst records in Europe. Sadly, we all know the sorry tales of the women who have been affected so badly by misdiagnosis of breast cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer - all sorts of cancer. Not alone have women been misdiagnosed, but men have been misdiagnosed. However, today is not a day to dwell on the national cancer control...

Seanad: Cancer Awareness: Statements (17 Feb 2010)

Geraldine Feeney: ...while the iron is hot. I commend the Minister of State, the Department of Health and Children and the Government on no-smoking legislation but they must keep going on it. Screening for breast and cervical cancers is in place while bowel cancer screening is imminent. On this morning's Order of Business there were calls for more prostate cancer screening. There are no two medical minds of...

Seanad: Bowel Cancer Awareness: Statements (7 Apr 2009)

Geraldine Feeney: ...bowel cancer and I promise I will go every length of the way with it on this. Until we get this nothing can be done with regard to people with stage 3 and stage 4 cancer. We see the uptake for cervical and breast cancer screening. People are no longer afraid to speak about breast cancer. In the near future we will not be afraid to speak about cervical cancer. Neither will we be afraid...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Geraldine Feeney: I, too, support the call for a debate on the cervical cancer vaccine. I would like to see a wider debate on the whole cancer area, although I know we have had such debates. If resources were available, the provision of the vaccine programme would be going ahead. I hate to hear provocative language being used on the Opposition side, such as "U-turns". I would much prefer the word...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: ...Ireland for all of the major cancers; the establishment by the Minister of a National Cancer Screening Service Board which will roll-out BreastCheck commencing in October of this year and the Irish Cervical Screening Programme commencing in January 2008 and also advise on a colorectal cancer screening programme; the Minister's approval of National Quality Standards for Symptomatic Breast...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)

Geraldine Feeney: I seek a debate on the new vaccine for cervical cancer, on which there are two schools of thought. One is that we should await the results of further tests and that a national screening programme should be pursued and the other is that the vaccine should be made available nationwide to every woman of a certain age. I support Senators Terry and Finucane in saying it is very unfair at present...