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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dan Neville: ..., it has provided a site for the mobile unit, but the service has not arrived. In the 2001 national health strategy, Quality and Fairness, the Government promised that programmes for breast and cervical cancer screening would be extended nationally. Almost ten years later, this has still not happened. At the end of March, Fine Gael Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health and...

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

Dan Neville: ..., the Minister for Health and Children said: I accept the expert advice that the introduction of a universal, high uptake vaccination programme for young girls, in conjunction with population based cervical screening, could significantly reduce overall cervical cancer rates. I intend to seek Government approval for the programme and for the required funding in the autumn, based on the...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 May 2005)

Dan Neville: Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends rolling out the national cervical screening programme; if so, the regions to which it will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15424/05]

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Dan Neville: ...when proposing this motion. The costs to the quality of life of all women who endure cancer treatment will be impossible to measure. The changes in our society and behaviour make the roll-out of cervical cancer screening more urgent than is generally acknowledged. Cervical cancer has a number of risk factors, including smoking and the number of sexual partners. For this reason, screening...