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Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Jul 2009)

Brendan Ryan: ...care, physical and intellectual disability and Traveller health has been diverted to other areas of health. It is a matter of continuing regret that the €10 million announced last year for a cervical screening programme was pulled. We will continue to insist that preventive life-saving vaccines should be a priority and we feel very strongly that this screening programme should go...

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Ryan: ...is often attributed to men. It may be that too many men are involved in the delivery of health services, because it would be possible to set up a pilot programme, as has been done in respect of cervical screening, while simultaneously beginning to carry out the logistical planning required to extend it nationwide. Such an approach could be taken, instead of the serial thinking which...

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

Brendan Ryan: ..., quantifiable and immediate in the way that the scenario of people lying on trolleys in accident and emergency departments is. Men will now talk about female-specific cancers like breast cancer or cervical cancer where they would not have discussed them 25 years ago. However, many men still believe that the issue should be left to women. Therefore, it frequently does not assume the...

Seanad: Oncology Services: Statements. (8 Dec 2005)

Brendan Ryan: ..., but in terms of whether or not they work. Mammograms work for older women, but I am not sure they are so successful for younger women. It is depressing to think that so many women die from cervical cancer when there is such a straightforward way of identifying it in time at a pre-cancerous stage and thus saving so many lives through proper screening. It seems that cervical cancer is even...