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Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (23 Mar 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of Ireland's high rate of invasive cervical cancer, she plans to act on the report commissioned by the Health Board Executive (details supplied) which recommends that in order to achieve an 80% reduction in cervical cancer in the Irish population, there is a need for an organised population health-based...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...is due to return next month. It cannot happen soon enough because we know that early intervention, particularly in cancer, and catching cancer cases early is critical to good outcomes, whether in cervical, breast, prostate or other cancers. We will look at the report and I will make sure that the Department and the Minister for Health in particular comes back to the Deputy on the...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: ...to recall the Government internal mechanisms around the issue. To the best of our recollection, it was not a contentious issue. Whether it was motivated by a desire to scale up the number of cervical smear tests in order to save lives or, as some have argued, an attempt to save money by contracting out that service must be investigated. I have no recollection of it being the latter...