Results 1-20 of 35 for cervical speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (10 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: Phase 1 of the national cervical screening programme has been up and running in the Mid-Western Health Board since October 2000. Under the programme, cervical screening is being offered at five year intervals to approximately 74,000 women in the 25 to 60 age group free of charge. The national health strategy includes a commitment to extend the programme to the rest of the country. The Health...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...for the HSE. It is working with the faculty of pathology to build the required expertise. As already stated, Dr. Cillian De Gascun was recently appointed as interim director of the national cervical screening laboratory. A lot will depend on the pace of recruitment. It is a matter of high-level expertise. Thankfully, new technologies that reduce the capacity for human error have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...passing and that her legacy will be more effective and respectful treatment for the women who come after her. That is extremely important and is an issue we want to follow through on. On the CervicalCheck programme, the ultimate goal, supported by Vicky and many involved in the 221+ group, is population-based screening, the continuation of the cervical screening programme and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...were made in good faith. As the Deputy knows, the previous Government agreed that the High Court judge, Mr. Justice Charles Meenan, would be requested to review, in the cases of women affected by CervicalCheck issues, mechanisms that would avoid, where possible, women and their families having to go to court. That is the objective of the Government. Emerging from that report, a tribunal...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (10 Feb 2004)

Micheál Martin: The current waiting time in the North Western Health Board region in respect of cervical smears is four weeks for priority smears and 16 weeks for routine smears. The North Western Health Board will continue to make efforts to reduce the waiting times further.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Dec 2018)

Micheál Martin: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of the capacity of laboratories here to perform cervical screening; when this assessment will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (18 Jun 2019)

Micheál Martin: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials received the second Scally report before the contract was extended to include all of the extra cervical tests done in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the inquiries made as to whether the entire cervical screening service should be re-established to ensure an entirely integrated service for HPV, cytology, colposcopy and histopathology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: The national cervical screening programme is responsible for ensuring quality and providing regular oversight of the screening programme itself and the test.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 808. To ask the Minister for Health when he received the advice from his officials on the impact of announcing a recheck on cervical smear tests; if he held meetings with his officials at that time, the discussion on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1722/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising those issues. I dealt with some of these questions earlier but will deal with the specifics again. On the national cervical screening laboratory at the Coombe, the building is complete. It was completed in October. It is expected that it will become operational by the end of the year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: In the first instance, we should draw a differential between a screening programme and diagnostic procedures in themselves. That is very important, and in some respects, the original cervical screening programme gave a sense that if one had come through the screening programme, one was okay, whereas we know that is not the case. All screening programmes are general population screening...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Inquiry (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...of applications received, granted and refused, respectively, for the ex gratia payments of €2,000 to the 221 women in particular to allow them to cover the cost of an independent review of their cervical smear slides which determines whether the readings fall into the limitations of screening or were negligently misread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (15 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: 809. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale of announcing the repeat cervical smears for women following receipt of advice stating this would have a seriously negative impact on the service; the reason he did not make it known that he had received this advice; if he sought extra funding to resolve the extra waiting times for the women; if extra funding was allocated to address the...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...HSE, with all the inevitable potential conflict of interests that arise from such membership of that board, the personnel involved and so forth? I put it to the Taoiseach that confidence in the cervical cancer screening programme has been undermined by the drip, drip feed of information and shocking new revelations. I do not think anyone on this side of the House could accuse the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: The scandal surrounding the CervicalCheck programme and the withholding of information from women in relation to their false-negative test results last year has caused much trauma, anxiety and hurt. Unfortunately, women have died of cervical cancer. Over the weekend, I was sad to hear of the passing of Orla Church, a campaigner and cervical cancer victim. The CervicalCheck programme has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...in setting up BreastCheck. That took quite some time - four years or more - and we built it up nationally to world-class standards. I recall the huge waiting lists for testing for symptomatic cervical cancer patients. They were waiting for a long time. Outsourcing at that stage became an intervention that almost eliminated those waiting lists. Following on from that, the whole idea of...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last night, the Minister for Health revealed that there were more than 1,500 additional cervical cases which had not been audited. This shocking and out-of-the-blue revelation confirms that the response to this crisis to date from the Minister and the Department of Health has been neither competent nor comprehensive. It is now two weeks since the Minister was told about the issue and nearly...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: I recently asked the Minister for Health when he had received advice from his officials on the impact of announcing a recheck of cervical smear tests, if he had held meetings with them at that time, the discussion that took place and if he would make a statement on the matter. His written reply did not answer any of the specific questions I tabled. I have complained under Standing Order 44...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jan 2019)

Micheál Martin: At the very end of my slot on Leaders' Questions, the Taoiseach confirmed that repeat cervical tests would happen and that the Minister for Health informed him about this some weeks ago. Can the Taoiseach indicate how many women will have to have tests repeated? Could he indicate when the women concerned will be contacted by the Department and CervicalCheck? One should bear in mind that...