Results 1-12 of 12 for cervical speaker:Marc MacSharry

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (7 Feb 2019)

Marc MacSharry: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private laboratories here capable of carrying out cervical cancer testing for smears; the details of same; the price per test; the turnaround time for the provision of results for each test from these laboratories; if none of these private laboratories are being used for cervical cancer smear testing; if so, the reason therefore; if he will...

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I want to touch on a few points on the CervicalCheck issue, if I may, and address other issues in the afternoon. I do not want to take too much time from Deputy Murphy. Are many random audits carried out on cervical smear results that were found to be normal in the period from 2015 to 2018?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...that we care about the families and we are compassionate. The reality is that we do not because we are tying them up in the discovery process. Did the discovery process take as long for the cervical cancer cases? Absolutely not. Nobody is hanging around two years for that issue to be resolved because it was all over the newspapers and television programmes. This issue was not.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Why did discovery not take as long in the cervical cancer cases?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Breslin might give us an update when a decision is made on what to do and let us know how that is going. I raised this question when we were dealing with the cervical issue but I do not recall getting an answer. The State Claims Agency told us that 50% of claims to do with the HSE are settled without an admission of liability. I asked what processes existed for retraining for, or...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Anyhow, Mr. Connaghan is going to give us a blow-by-blow account in writing on that issue. I welcome Mr. Connaghan back. This question is for him. Earlier in the morning we discussed the cervical cancer issue. I asked about disciplinary processes and procedures and so on. Mr. Connaghan said that after the Scally process there is an intention for a conduct investigation – I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of queries further to the cervical screening crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22539/18]

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...refers to health and ensuring support in a crisis. When he answered Deputy Micheál Martin earlier, the Taoiseach alluded to the fact that the people who failed to escalate the matter to do with cervical screening did so on the basis that they assumed others were dealing with it. On that basis, will the Taoiseach outline for us whether any disciplinary processes are under way? Is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (15 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...between officials of his Department and other Departments and agencies including the State Claims Agency; if the reports provided on a quarterly basis made reference to cases relating to the cervical screening crisis namely cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20837/18]

Public Accounts Committee: State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (10 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...on the record a communication that was received by Dr. Keith Swanick, who is also a Member of the Oireachtas, from one of his colleagues. It reads:How can you and your colleagues stand over the cervical controversy. We are inundated with requests for smears with no formal guidance even how to process them, how to claim remuneration. We cannot offer any form of reassurance to any patient...

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Marc MacSharry: ...to clarify on the Order of Business tomorrow specifically why the Government has sat on its hands in commencing legislation passed by this House that would have prevented the tragedy of the cervical screening disaster.

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

Marc MacSharry: ...of what was said by Senator McHugh. We are behind schedule on BreastCheck and it was a mistake to roll it out in one area at a time rather than everywhere. We should not make the same mistake with cervical cancer screening, which must be available everywhere. Along with my colleagues from the north, I take credit for the fact that the Galway centre for BreastCheck is nearing completion. I...