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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff, by job title, who will be required to work in the new National Cervical Screening Laboratory, in tabular form. [5837/23]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...women's health, are taken seriously. There have been countless debates about women's health in my time in this House since 2016, and there were debates well before that. There was the cervical screening situation, the problem with vaginal mesh and many other debates. There are many things that do not even get on the radar. Members may or may not have heard the recent discussions on Joe...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (1 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women that have had to have a repeat cervical check due to the fact their samples were out of date by the time they were presented at labs in the USA for testing by county in tabular form. [39825/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I want to ask the Irish Cancer Society about cervical screening specifically. I am one of the final speakers so I apologise if this has been raised already. Does the society have any information or figures on how many women are waiting for retests, particularly in the Carlow-Kilkenny region? These would not be initial tests but retests in cases where there were symptoms. Given the delays...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (14 May 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I should have said earlier that Deputy Aylward has sent his apologies for his absence. With respect, the Minister of State's reply is a load of nonsense. We know about the women with cervical cancer. We are all well aware the medicine is not one on trial or that has not been approved by the HSE. It is available for a number of types of cancer but not for the cancer John Holmes has, which...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: ...and Kilkenny fall but there was still nothing. I am not one bit surprised about the HSE because it seems to be accountable to nobody; it does whatever it likes. As we have seen recently with the cervical smear test scandal, women are not at the top of its priority list. I would like the Minister of State to convene a meeting of the management there. I have no faith in them given that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Data (17 May 2018)

Kathleen Funchion: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the locations to which cervical screen smears are now being sent for examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21766/18]