Results 1-5 of 5 for cervical speaker:Máire Hoctor

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

Máire Hoctor: ...assessment is due to be submitted to the Minister, Deputy Harney, shortly on a screening programme for colorectal cancer. Two national screening programmes are already in place: BreastCheck and CervicalCheck. CervicalCheck was launched nationally in September 2008. To date, approximately 90,000 cervical smears have been performed under the programme, with approximately 40,000 of those...

Vaccination Programme: Motion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Máire Hoctor: ...beyond Europe have been involved in screening programmes for some considerable time. As a person living in the mid-west, we were one of the first groups to benefit under the pilot scheme for the cervical screening programme. That was a great success where the vast majority of women turned up at the general practitioners' clinics and where the nurses carried out the cervical screening...

Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Máire Hoctor: ...BreastCheck this year to meet the costs of national roll-out, bringing BreastCheck's revenue budget to €21.7 million in 2007. BreastCheck will be rolled out nationally from next month. The Irish cervical cancer screening programme will commence national roll-out in January 2008. Additional revenue funding of €5 million has been allocated this year for this purpose and an additional...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (25 Apr 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 164: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the cervical screening service is not available free of charge to women beyond 60 years of age and prior to their availing of the free medical card at 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14534/06]

Cancer Screening Programme. (9 Feb 2005)

Máire Hoctor: ...to include the mid-western region. I understand the pilot projects in the three regions to which I referred have been a tremendous success. We in the mid-west region recognise the success of the cervical screening programme which was first piloted in the region. Other regions now await its roll-out. My focus tonight, however, is on the breast screening programme urgently needed in the...