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Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...they present. Turning to the Bill that is before us, I want to express my compassion and understanding for, and solidarity with, all the women and their families who have been impacted by cervical cancer. There are children, sadly, who have lost their mums. This is a moment to reflect on what the women affected have gone through and the challenges ahead of them. I welcome the extension...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...to hear from the National Women's Council of Ireland about barriers that women with disabilities experience in accessing health screening services, resulting in a lower take-up of breast and cervical cancer screenings. I would like to hear more about that in terms of any data available. The incidence of violence against women with disabilities is particularly high. That is shocking....

Seanad: HSE Winter Plan: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...and those with chronic diseases is a major positive and the number of acute beds has doubled. We also have doubled the number of home support hours, which is positive. I raise the matter of breast and cervical cancer screening under the winter plan. We are all aware of the hidden health cost of Covid-19 and the unfortunate delays in care for cancer patients. There are backlogs and...

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...Micheál Martin. I think that was in June 2000, the millennium year. We have moved on and now have three different types of cancer screening programmes, namely, BreastCheck, BowelScreen and CervicalCheck. I do not need to go through the litany of failures surrounding cervical cancer screening, but every one of those women impacted spoke about the importance of encouraging and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jul 2020)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...what it was like for somebody who was vulnerable and ill to have to expose their life to try to seek absolute justice. Ruth and others worked to highlight the diagnostic failings in this country's CervicalCheck screening programme so that others would not have to go what they went through. There was a litany of failures regarding the operation of the service. Too many women who should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...hard to recruit the Traveller health workers although they seem to be doing a really good job. It was very interesting to see that number of Traveller women going for BreastCheck and the test for cervical cancer is far higher than the number in the settled community. Are there lessons to be learned from that about how it was possible to encourage women to go for these important tests...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: .... Almost 10,000 children are waiting for an appointment in our children's hospitals. Many of these have been waiting for more than 18 months. That is before I even touch on or get into the cervical screening scandal. It is a scandal but, apart from that, the management of the issue since it was uncovered has been shambolic. The women of Ireland are enraged. Their families are...

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The figures for cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine in this country are quite stark indeed. Every year, over 6,500 women need hospital treatment for pre-cancer of the cervix. We learn that a woman is diagnosed with cervical cancer almost every day. Almost two women die every week from it. Those figures speak for themselves. Cervical cancer is caused by HPV. The HPV vaccine, which since...