Results 1-7 of 7 for cervical speaker:Joan Collins

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Joan Collins: ...must move to acquire that land by CPO. Over the last century, in mother and baby homes, it was mainly women who were treated abysmally. We have had the practice of symphysiotomy. We have had the cervical cancer screening crisis which happened to women. We have had a detailed discussion on how we have lived in this patriarchal society for years and yet when it comes to one of the most...

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Joan Collins: ...situation we have seen in the High Court to date was also private. That has to be made clear. The tribunal itself can be accessed by the women and families of the 221 women involved with the CervicalCheck audit, along with individuals who are identified during the independent expert panel review undertaken by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK, where the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Joan Collins: I was hoping the Minister for Health would still be here. In recent times we have been informed that cervical tests were being delayed because of a lack of capacity in the laboratories that test them but over the weekend it was reported that women paying privately receive their results in two to three weeks, which is brilliant for them but not for the 78,000 women who have been waiting up to...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Joan Collins: ...HSE and two laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and MedLab Pathology. It is a scandal that she has ended up in court. The Government gave a commitment that no woman would have to go to court over the cervical cancer scandal, yet here we see another case. This issue must be addressed quickly in order that no other woman will have to go to court and we can avoid being back here in two months'...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2018)

Joan Collins: 178. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of times cervical screening programmes were reviewed since 2008; and his views on whether it is best practice to continually review performance to demonstrate an ability to reflect on current practice and improve patient care. [20302/18]

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Joan Collins: ...poor people and a better service for those who can pay. We have a hotchpotch of charities, NGOs, religious bodies and State agencies providing an expensive service, but as the current scandal over cervical smear testing shows, no one is really in charge. There is a huge democratic deficit and a huge accountability deficit. Someone has to be held responsible for the wilful deliberate...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Joan Collins: ...and financial hoops to prove their case. That has been the history of this State. The HSE eventually came out yesterday and confirmed at least 208 women, who have since been diagnosed with cervical cancer, were initially told their tests were negative, and of those, 17 women have died. In 173 cases women would have been given a different clinical treatment if earlier smears had been...