Results 1-7 of 7 for cervical speaker:Mary Butler

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ...cancer infrastructure projects which are currently ongoing within the Health Service Executive; — the investment into screening services since 2020 of €30 million in new development funding, including €20 million to support the opening of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory in December 2022; — that Ireland's screening programmes rank highly for uptake...

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

Mary Butler: ...can be so much more positive if one has early intervention. The three national cancer screening programmes play a key part in the prevention and early detection of cancer. BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen have evolved and expanded over the years since their establishment, in line with international best practice. Since 2000, BreastCheck has provided more than 1.9 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Butler: 314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incrementally reduce the age limit for a cervical screening test which is currently available to women aged 25 years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39295/19]

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

Mary Butler: Over the past 12 months, we have spent a lot of time discussing CervicalCheck, smear tests, the two Scally reports, court cases and those women who tragically lost their lives due to misdiagnosis. I do not think the memory of Emma Mhic Mhathúna's coffin passing outside the gates of Leinster House with her five children behind it will ever leave me. There are days that stand out since I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Mary Butler: On Wednesday last, many Members from both Houses stood outside the gates of Leinster House to pay their respects to the late Emma Mhic Mhathúna who lost her battle against cervical cancer. The Scally report made 50 recommendations. What timeframe is envisaged for the implementation of those recommendations? Was money allocated in budget 2019 to ensure the recommendations are implemented?

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Mary Butler: ...of the 2011 falsely reported negative screening test. The note informed the Minister that a routine screening in 2014 detected high grade abnormalities and that the patient was diagnosed with cervical cancer in July 2014. Why did the note not inform the Minister that neither Vicky Phelan nor her doctor were told of this diagnosis until 2016? The note to the Minister told him certain...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (8 Nov 2017)

Mary Butler: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or part-funding will be provided for an upright MRI neuro imaging of the craniocervical junction and cervical spine in flexion and extension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47176/17]