Results 1-20 of 24 for cervical speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1218. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of cervical screening samples that will be processed in the National Cervical Screening Laboratory at the Coombe, now that the service has resumed; the percentage that will continue to be outsourced to secondary laboratory contractors; the timeline he is working towards for increasing the number of cervical screening samples processed at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 1255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people with cervical cancer who started radiation therapy within the recommended timeframe to start radiation therapy, on a monthly basis, between 1 January 2019 to date, in tabular form. [12664/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number and proportion of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stages I, II, III, IV or unknown stage from 2012 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quality assurance process in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in respect of laboratory services for cervical screening; the engagements that he has had with the hospital regarding the issue of non-compliance, as referred to in Review of the Implementation of Recommendations of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck...

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

Róisín Shortall: ...and their families must be informed. They should expect openness and honesty. If the health service does not recognise a problem, how can it deal with it? There has been reform of the cervical screening programme because of Vicky Phelan and many other women who became involved in the cervical check issue. However, some of the important changes that Vicky advocated remain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the laboratories that cervical samples are currently analysed in, with regards to CervicalCheck samples and other cervical samples respectively; the number of samples in each case in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 128. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 17 May 2022, if he will provide an update on the National Cervical Screening Laboratory at the Coombe; the date it will be operational; the specific work that will be undertaken there; the number of staff required and the number recruited to date; the qualifications and grades of recruited staff; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 709. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Coombe to resume screening of cervical cancer samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 710. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and the recruitment of staff; the steps he is taking to address the shortage of cytopathology staff; when he expects that all cervical cancer samples will be screened in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Jan 2019)

Róisín Shortall: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cervical smear test results; the number of tests which have timed out; and the steps he is taking to address the backlog. [2187/19]

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

Róisín Shortall: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal actions that have been lodged against the HSE over the CervicalCheck cervical screening controversy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1692/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Inquiry (12 Jul 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cases of cervical cancer which were forwarded to CervicalCheck by the National Cancer Registry; the number of women in this cohort; and when the smear history of these women will be audited. [32373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (31 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that developed cervical cancer but that were not included in the CervicalCheck audit; if the number of women in this cohort has been established; and when they will be contacted in this regard [24200/18]

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Given the demand from many Deputies for answers about a number of aspects of the cervical cancer issue, it is regrettable and unsatisfactory that neither the Taoiseach nor the Minister for Health is present to respond. Notwithstanding that, more than two weeks ago on 1 May, the Minister for Health informed the House of a considerable additional number of women who had developed cervical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (16 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cases of cervical cancer that were not audited; the number of these cases in which the woman had had a smear test; the number of persons that have not been contacted; the reason for same; if all of the women have been contacted; and his views on their situation [21707/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline surrounding the failure of the national cervical cancer screening programme to notify women of incorrect results; the date on which the attention of the screening programme was drawn to the incorrect results in relation to a person (details supplied); if its attention was drawn to other cases before that date; if so, the number; the steps it...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Following on from that last question, we know that 1,482 cases have been audited. My understanding is the HSE estimates that 3,000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer over the past ten years. What about the remaining 1,500 women? Is the Minister saying those remaining 1,500 women have not had their screening history audited?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Nov 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if patients within the cervical check system are covered for all appointments and procedures at a colposcopy clinic; if he will confirm that there are no grounds for patients being requested to provide details of private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50942/13]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (25 Oct 2011)

Róisín Shortall: I propose to take Questions Nos. 547 and 548 together. GPs may also be contracted to provide services under other schemes such as the Childhood Immunisation Scheme, the Cervical Screening Programme, the Methadone Treatment Scheme and the Health (Amendment) Act 1996 covering patients with Hepatitis C. The Medical Council is the statutory registration authority for medical practitioners in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Róisín Shortall: ...practitioners, pharmacists, dentists, ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians who hold contracts with the HSE, persons providing smear taking services as part of the National Cervical Screening Programme and consultant psychiatrists and other personnel who participate in the Mental Health Tribunal process. It is estimated that a 25% reduction in the current fees and...