Results 1-11 of 11 for cervical speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Hospital Infections: Motion (14 Feb 2007)

Mary Henry: ...some idea of the best way to make progress. Only in the laboratory will we manage to find out anything about suitable prescribing, in the hospital and outside. I very much regret that 100% of our cervical smear tests now go to Dallas in the United States, since it has a terrible effect on morale in Irish laboratories conducting such screening. What will happen to the training of medical...

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Mary Henry: ...they had a moral duty to return and train for specialist work. We are short of radiographers and rather than take them from other countries we should train them here. The level of screening for cervical cancer is woeful and it is in this area that the Government is found wanting. It is entirely preventable if cases are detected early. The scheme has been in place in Limerick since 2000. It...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Henry: It would be a way to get it done. It is dreadful to ask Irish women to congratulate the Government on the fact that the survival rate at five years for breast and cervical cancer is only 4% below the EU average. The Minister of State cannot do it. We know the only countries lower than us are Estonia, Slovakia, Poland and Scotland. We cannot ask Irish women not to query why they should not be...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Henry: ...country, while we sort out general practitioners. We know this is not even free to those women with medical cards. The Minister of State could tell me that his Department will provide opportunistic cervical cancer screening free to every woman with a medical card. A doctor-only medical card would suffice in this case. I would accept such a proposal for the moment, as it would show that...

Seanad: Cancer Services: Motion. (22 Mar 2006)

Mary Henry: ...women and that death rates from cancer are higher in women in Ireland than in women in other European countries, Seanad Éireann regrets the lack of progress in: —expanding the very successful cervical screening programme in the Limerick area all over the country; —the slow progress of rolling out BreastCheck throughout the country; —the failure to set up a pilot programme for...

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: ...with PRSI and VHI numbers and goodness knows what else. The screening situation for women is only slightly better. However, it is only a matter of time before someone outside the Limerick area with cervical cancer sues the Department of Health and Children because it was not picked up in a cervical cancer screening.

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: This is an important test in young women. I knew someone in her 40s who recently died from cervical cancer. The Irish Cancer Society claims there are an unnecessary 60 to 70 deaths a year from cervical cancer, even when it has a high cure rate. I applaud Senator White for raising this issue in the parliamentary body.

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Mary Henry: A cervical cancer screening programme must be introduced at once. Nine years ago we were told it was to be rolled out but no progress has been made. BreastCheck is another important programme which must be rolled out nationwide. I am extremely glad it is not advertised too often. I wonder how I would feel if I lived in part of the country where BreastCheck is not available, only to be told by...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: ...for his reply. I ask him to consider the pilot scheme if I send him some details on it. I would like a pilot colorectal screening scheme to be pursued along the lines of the highly satisfactory cervical screening programme. We would all like the latter scheme to be extended to all parts of the country as soon as possible.

Seanad: Health Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2004)

Mary Henry: ...enthusiasm. It is not wholly the fault of those who work within the health boards. I have seen brave initiatives by some boards receive very little support from the Department. The pilot scheme for cervical screening in the Mid-Western Health Board has been a recognised success for almost a decade but despite the efforts of the board has not been extended to the rest of the country. There...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: The development of the new test for cervical cancer by Professor John O'Leary and his team in Trinity College is good news, but it would be even better news for the women of Ireland if the long promised national screening programme for cervical cancer was brought in. Will the Leader of the House ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House and address this issue because each...