Results 1-20 of 54 for cervical speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Open Disclosure (31 May 2023)

Alan Kelly: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 applies to cervical cancer screening. [26500/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Mar 2022)

Alan Kelly: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Mar 2021)

Alan Kelly: ... if he will provide details of the evidence or data to support conclusions by a person (details supplied) that the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumad does nothing for seven out of eight women with cervical cancer, in view of a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [12884/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: Why has the Government dumped Dr. Gabriel Scally from overseeing the implementation of the recommendations of his report on CervicalCheck? I understand the previous Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, confirmed to Dr. Scally that he would continue with his work in this regard even through the pandemic. The CervicalCheck committee has just met. It knew nothing about this. I found this out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Alan Kelly: ...as they are about to be taken from them. I want to raise one other issue. The national screening service issued a new edict yesterday regarding changes to the pathway for women who have cervical concerns, bleeding, etc. They must now be triaged instead of going to colposcopists. The recommended time for referrals to be dealt with was four weeks and it now seems to be a standard...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...available and that people are attending them. We also need a public awareness campaign. The Taoiseach mentioned screening. It is a passion of mine; I am sure he understands that. First, the cervical cancer screening backlog was meant to be filled by this month. Has that been done? Second, if someone wants to get a BreastCheck appointment and does a Google search the website says the...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: .... We all know that screening is not diagnostic, but it can result in women and men needing different types of treatment, including more aggressive treatments. That is never a good thing. Regarding CervicalCheck, some 6,000 letters have gone out and there has not been enough of an uptake. This is a real concern. The low level of uptake needs to be tackled because otherwise there will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...of only five countries in Europe that do not have it in the first place but during a pandemic, it should not be a choice between going without pay or going into work.. It should not happen. On cervical cancer, I urge the Taoiseach to act for many reasons, given the false commitments and promises made, sometimes accidentally, by his predecessor in regard to the women affected. The...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Alan Kelly: In the case of University Hospital Limerick, the situation is awful. Some of my questions on cervical cancer have been asked. The Minister knows I wish to know when the tribunal will start. I have spoken to all the advocates and I do not buy the plan to bring back screening. It does not make sense to delay cervical cancer screening until the end of the month and see no reason it has not...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Alan Kelly: ...Limerick who diagnoses cancer eight times a week but has not done so for the last four weeks. These people are walking around not knowing they have cancer. We have a lack of screening for bowel and cervical cancer. BreastCheck is not operating. We also know we have elevated mental health risks. On top of that are the socioeconomic impacts of maintaining restrictions. All of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...RCOG report - it is public information because we do our research here - acknowledges that there are serious IT problems. There is an urgent need to address the outdated IT systems that support cervical screening. The programme's IT infrastructure was deemed not fit for purpose by a 2011 Department of Health report and can hamper the quality of services. Since then little progress has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...Kitchener's opinion in this regard. I do not have the answers to my other questions. Again, I am seeking Professor Kitchener's opinions on these points. My second question relates to the cervical screening programme in Britain. The quality statement in respect of the 2018-2019 programme, which was published on 21 November 2019, states: "There is generally no accepted or expected...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2019)

Alan Kelly: Yesterday, we finally got the aggregate report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG, on the CervicalCheck programme. We are thinking of the 159 women who had missed opportunities to get interventions. Following the publication of the report, the 221+ group will help and support those women over the coming weeks. We know that cancer screening is not diagnostic...

Acknowledgement and Apology to Women and Families affected by CervicalCheck Debacle: Statements (22 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...that I would do all I could to help them and I hope I have honoured that. We, as a State, are today acknowledging that we let down the women of Ireland. We let down the women affected by the cervical cancer scandal and we let down their families. It is a watershed moment. I thank the Taoiseach for listening to the continuous requests that I and many others made for this day to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: 26. To ask the Minister for Health when the audit on cervical cancer screening will recommence; and the date from which the audit will commence. [41163/19]

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...had no impact on other projects. What a laugh. All Members of the House support the national cancer strategy, but there will be extra costs, given the review by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG, and the implementation of the report on cervical cancer, with other changes. It is, therefore, very disappointing to see no further commitment being given in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...Dr. Duff when he found out about this. I have already asked Dr. Duff to provide all communication from Dr. Scally, his team, either department, including the parent department, and-or the HSE or cervical teams to the committee. I ask the witnesses to tell us now if they have any issue with any of that. I cannot be any more direct or specific. I want to know on what date INAB, as the...

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle for five years, has never seen this before. I tabled an amendment intended to help the women represented by the 221+ Patient Support Group who have been affected by cervical cancer. It aims to ensure that if their cancer returns they will be able to apply for compensation again. That amendment was accepted on Committee Stage and I spoke to it. It has now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: 223. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to apologise to the women and their families who have been affected by the cervical cancer scandal; the way in which he will do same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (3 Jul 2019)

Alan Kelly: ...of all travel, meetings and attendance of all meetings a person (details supplied) and their team or their associates and his Department or related parties had as part of the review by them of the cervical cancer scandal by date, in tabular form. [28348/19]