Results 1-20 of 22 for cervical speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish National Accreditation Board accreditation was not obtained before opening the new cervical screening laboratory in December 2022; the reason the laboratory was shut in March 2023; and if he will provide an update on the current status of the project. [43838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the terms of reference provided by his Department for the Expert Panel Review of Cervical Screening (details supplied) only sought an examination of slides of women who developed invasive cervical cancer, rather than seeking to determine if there had been missed opportunities to identify abnormal cells in the slides of women who had not at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnosis in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [60804/22]

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., it was put back in because there was an outcry across the country at the bubble - the bubble did not understand how angry people were - and the Government responded to that. The HSE developed leaflets about cervical cancer that spoke of women as people with cervixes. Many women do not want their identity to be deleted in that respect. This ideology is at the heart of Government policy...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ..., with the stroke of a pen, seek to delete references to women from legislation. It is not an isolated action. The HSE produced documents recently that removed the word "woman" from information on cervical cancer and replaced it with "people with a cervix". This language caused confusion among people who were in a difficult health situation and damaged the clear messaging around...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have made claims via the Cervical Check Tribunal; the number for whom claims have been settled; the number for whom claims have been rejected; and the number for whom the process is ongoing. [44672/22]

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

Peadar Tóibín: 809. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new cervical screening laboratory; the initial expected date for completion of construction; if any delays have been encountered in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23298/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the women's health action plan. First, CervicalCheck screening is not 100% accurate. There needs to be a public information campaign on this to ensure women who have symptoms do not ignore them because their screening test was clear. It is vital that if a woman has symptoms of cervical cancer that she goes to see her GP regardless of whether she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been encountered; the costs of construction to date; the projected costs of the project; when the laboratory will open; if he plans to cease the outsourcing of CervicalCheck smears and slides to foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new national cervical screening laboratory; if the project has experienced any delays or overspends; and if he will provide a date by which he expects the project will be completed. [49281/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: On 22 October 2019, the Tánaiste apologised for the humiliation, disrespect and deceit shown by the State to the more than 1,000 women in the cervical cancer scandal. In May 2018, he stood up in this Chamber and made a promise to the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy that they would not have to go to court in order to get justice. Patricia Carrick from Galway sadly passed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cervical cancer diagnoses in Ireland in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [41487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1445. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been encountered; when the laboratory will open; if he plans to cease the outsourcing of CervicalCheck smears and slides to foreign laboratories when the new laboratory is opened; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 832. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have successfully sued the HSE in relation to cervical cancer screening in each of the years since 2018. [5741/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening Programmes (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...reading of their cancer screenings. The Department of Health, when contacted by concerned women during the height of this scandal, emailed them back to say the issue was not one of concern because cervical cancer is known to take ten to 15 years to develop. This means there are likely to be women throughout the State who may feel they are perfectly healthy but, because of the rates of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Screening Programmes (21 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...worrying, which is a major oversight in the previous Government's handling of the scandal when it broke in May 2018. I will try to explain this as best I can. When a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer in this country CervicalCheck is notified of the diagnosis and conducts a review of the previous smear tests that woman had taken. In May 2018, it revealed that these audits between...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...spending on this. There is no doubt that there need to be controls. A sum of €2 million is large and I am concerned there might be another agenda at play. We are all familiar with the CervicalCheck scandal, which was a shocking situation that happened in this country, and with the amount of coverage it received internationally. Strangely, if one Googles the words "cervical check...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (16 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the date for the re-opening of cervical and breast screening cancer services in view of the fact that other non-essential services and businesses are now able to resume while patients awaiting life-saving health procedures have been left waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/20]

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

Peadar Tóibín: ...by the end of this year and into the next year. We in Aontú have been highly vocal in repeatedly raising the issue of cancer screening. A decision was made in March to cancel breast and cervical cancer screenings but was the Minister involved in making that decision? When asked, the HSE indicated this happened on foot of Government advice. Did the Minister know a decision had...