Results 1-7 of 7 for cervical speaker:Cecilia Keaveney

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

Cecilia Keaveney: ...the last time I was at the doctor. People should be encouraged more. I went to college in Belfast and every two years I get a letter from a northern general practitioner asking me to come for a cervical smear. I must write to the GP to refuse a cervical smear. The GP must, by law, offer it and I, by law, must write to refuse it and explain why or else take it. We have a long way to go...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: ...income threshold for those under the age of 70 because if the income limits for all are set at €700 per person, we can provide access to more members of our communities. Those who claim that the cervical cancer vaccination programme was only going to cost €10 million are not telling the full story. The vaccine alone will cost €10 million but administering it will require additional...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme (15 Oct 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: ...them individually. As matters stand, I am trying to get my message out and I rely on the media and press releases to carry that message. The NCSS has identified 11 colposcopy services to support cervical check initially. The colposcopy service at Letterkenny General Hospital has not been identified for referrals. However, in the interim, Letterkenny General Hospital will continue to...

Seanad: Health Policy (28 Feb 2008)

Cecilia Keaveney: I have a comment I would ask the Minister of State to relay to the Minister for Health and Children. I was a student in Jordanstown for a number of years and even now I will get called for cervical smear tests in the North every two years. If I do not follow up that appointment, I get a letter asking me to sign a disclaimer indicating I have voluntarily refused not to take up the offer. I...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (2 Nov 2005)

Cecilia Keaveney: Question 197: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts being made to roll out a nationwide cervical cancer screening service on a systematic call or recall programme; the timescale involved; and if she will make a statement on the concept of early detection being better than surgery. [31363/05]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Mar 2005)

Cecilia Keaveney: ...the Tánaiste is here this morning as I wish to raise the issue of the medical card being used for prevention rather than just for treatment. It is important that screening programmes, for example, cervical smear tests, and BreastCheck are extended to the north west and nationally. The point made by the Irish Cancer Society that the medical card is not available for prevention and for...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Cecilia Keaveney: ...a doctor should be as much about prevention as treating illness. I was astonished to discover at a recent briefing in Buswells Hotel at which the Irish Cancer Society informed Members about cervical smears that medical cards do not cover prevention. It is an issue which needs to be examined. It is much cheaper to intervene early to stop something from happening than it is to treat it...