Results 1-6 of 6 for cervical speaker:Brian Stanley

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: That clarifies one aspect. Another is that this committee is not in a position to deal with this on its own. Due to situations like this one, the cervical smear tests and so on, compensation is running into the billions of euro at a time when we are trying to get investment to fill gaps in key areas of the health services and other services. This is a question that the Oireachtas needs to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...should come together and try to do something to put in place not only checks and balances, but also penalties for when people clearly allow a situation like what happened in Kerry or with the cervical smear tests to arise. I want to move on.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (18 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: ...immunisations for schoolgoing children, both in primary and secondary school. It is widely accepted that these vaccination programmes are essential to prevent measles, mumps and rubella along with cervical cancer and other medical conditions that arise in later life. We all understand that earlier in the year the health services had to do extraordinary things and it will have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (18 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: ...that it will resume in the coming weeks. He might give me an indication of when that will be and if it will happen before Christmas. One particular concern I have is on the vaccine for cervical cancer that boys and girls get. That is the way it is administered according to my information. My concern is that there are two jabs for that and that they have to be given six months apart...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: ...’s care. Whether the news is good or bad, whether it is that an error has occurred or whether the diagnosis has been correct, it is essential that that happens. The consequences of the current cervical smear scandal are horrific. It is part of an unfortunate bundle of scandals. In scale and extent, it is surely the worst yet. I pay tribute to Emma Mhic Mhathúna and...

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

Brian Stanley: ...reform. The HSE is more or less dysfunctional as it is organised. There are long waiting lists; there is a two-tier system and there has been a range of scandals, the most recent being the cervical screening scandal. The HSE's response has been nothing short of outrageous. All parts of the health system are important, but the emergency department strand is the vital front line....