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Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Joe McHugh: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the up to date position regarding the cervical screening service for young girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7682/11]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (25 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will proceed with the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccination programme in view of the fact that it was recommended by the national immunisation advisory board and the Health Information and Quality Authority, who estimate that 52 deaths per annum could be averted by its use; the reason she is no longer confident that...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that was spent on the advertisement of the cervical cancer vaccination programme; the number of civil servants who worked on the creation and formulation of the cervical vaccination programme during 2008; the grades of these civil servants; her views on whether the cervical vaccination programme would have saved...

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (12 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of women diagnosed with cervical cancer in Donegal annually between 1997 and 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40209/08]

Vaccination Programme: Motion (11 Nov 2008)

Joe McHugh: Eight women died in County Donegal last year from cervical cancer out of a total national figure of 81. I will outline the difficulty I have explaining this decision to parents, particularly mothers. When a person leaves Donegal for Dublin they usually travel by car or bus. There is no train service from Donegal to Dublin. Take the example of a woman suffering from cervical cancer who is...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (16 Oct 2008)

Joe McHugh: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the outsourcing of smear testing to the USA; if she will explain the cervical screening programme plan to initially limit colposcopy treatment to 11 centres; and if she will assure the colposcopy team and people of County Donegal that the colposcopy service at Letterkenny General Hospital will remain...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (16 Oct 2008)

Joe McHugh: ...the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to discuss the ongoing concerns on the outsourcing of smear testing to the USA and, furthermore, to discuss the cervical screening programme plan to initially limit colposcopy treatment to 11 centres and to assure the colposcopy team and constituents in Donegal that the service at Letterkenny General...