Results 1-20 of 21 for cervical speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...or your broken promises. I want action. I want change. I want accountability. It was a most eloquent and heartbreaking call to action for all of the women and their families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal. As the Taoiseach knows, mandatory disclosure and a duty of candour was one of Vicky's core demands. Mandatory disclosure means a legal obligation on clinicians and health...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: ...death. The nation mourns with them. Vicky Phelan was a force of nature. In pursuit of justice she was fearless and relentless. She was unstoppable. If it was not for Vicky's courage, the CervicalCheck scandal may never have been exposed. With inspiring dignity Vicky took on the State that had failed her so badly. It was a battle she should never have had to fight but fight it she...

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Vicky said, "The hardest part for me, it's not the dying, it's the leaving my children behind. That's what breaks my heart." Yesterday, at just past midnight, Vicky's battle with terminal cervical cancer ended, her young life ended, her life stolen by a vicious disease, her life stolen by profound failures of the State, of Government and of the HSE. Enormous and endless tributes flow now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress of the commitment to establish a national laboratory for cervical cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were invited to attend a cervical screening appointment via CervicalCheck in 2019; the number of these persons who attended the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 920. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were invited to attend a cervical screening appointment via CervicalCheck in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of these persons who attended the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 922. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being faced by persons seeking access to cervical cancer screening appointments via their general practitioner surgeries under current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions; the measures that have been undertaken to ensure that any short term delays being encountered will be addressed; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 923. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to manage backlogs which have built up within the cervical cancer screening services as a direct result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 719. To ask the Minister for Health if scheduled cervical screening appointments for persons based in an area (details supplied) have been fully reinstated under current level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5371/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The woman we have just respected, Ruth Morrissey, passed away on Sunday. As the Taoiseach is aware, Ruth was one of hundreds of women impacted upon by failures in the CervicalCheck screening system. She has paid the ultimate price for those failures and is now grieved by her family, including her heartbroken husband, Paul, her devastated little girl, Libby, and her wider family and circle...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Friday the HSE published Dr. Gabriel Scally's progress report on the implementation of recommendations made in the CervicalCheck scoping inquiry. It should be acknowledged that Dr. Scally has said he is encouraged by the progress made to date. However, there are a number of issues raised in his report that warrant our attention. He notes that a significant number of actions are due...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has become clear that the Government has no sense of urgency or seriousness in addressing the CervicalCheck scandal. Instead of pursuing a genuinely victim-centred approach, it has opted to manage and contain the matter. An authentic approach would have put the affected women and their families first in a dedicated and comprehensive manner, rather than in a piecemeal way involving mere...

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the establishment of an independent patient advocacy service and this has not been met. Last Saturday, there were rallies throughout the State standing for women in support of the victims of the CervicalCheck scandal. Despite all of the pronouncements and announcements from the Taoiseach and others, serious issues remain for the women affected and for their families. Women are still...

Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Joint Committee on Health was told two weeks ago, and again last week, that information relating to the detection rates in respect of the US laboratories contracted to conduct cervical screening tests would be made available to the committee. In response to a similar question from my colleague, Teachta Pearse Doherty, the Tánaiste stated on Leaders' Questions on Thursday last that...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...five children aged between two and 15 years of age. She received a clear result from a smear test in 2013 but she now knows that the result was, in fact, a false negative. She received a diagnosis of cervical cancer after a routine smear test in 2016. She only learned of the false negative for the previous test as this scandal has unfolded. She wants the Taoiseach to know that she is...

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: By now the Taoiseach will be aware of the harrowing story of Mrs. Irene Teap. Mrs. Teap was twice given incorrect cervical cancer screening results, in 2010 and again in 2013. Two years later she was diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer. Irene Teap died in July last year. She was 35 years old with her whole life in front of her. She has left behind a heartbroken husband, Stephen, and...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: As a woman, there is absolutely no chance of me not going for a cervical smear test. I believe this reflects the view of the majority of women who are very well versed in the necessity to care for their health and the efficacy and value of screening. The Taoiseach should not repeat that again to avoid answering the questions that have been put. He said it might have been a cock-up. That...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...with a cover-up by the HSE and for the following reasons. We and the general public were previously led to believe that all smear tests were subjected to a review where a woman later developed cervical cancer having had a clear smear. Some 208 women was the final number put into the public domain. Then last night the Minister, Deputy Harris, came into the Dáil and told us that "a...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do not underestimate the level of public understanding of the importance of screening. Women know full well that cervical screening and BreastCheck are essential parts of their healthcare. That is not a matter of public debate. We also know they are not diagnostic and there is no "100%". Furthermore, we know that in these cases, information was deliberately withheld from women and their...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: When did he become aware that there was an issue with the cervical cancer screening programme, particularly the review carried out in 2014?