Results 1-20 of 32 for cervical speaker:Michael Harty

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: ..., remain the focus in this regard. While the process is important women should remain the focus. Population health screening is an important part of our health service, and none more so than cervical screening. Confidence must be restored in the cervical cancer screening programme because this programme has identified 1,482 cases of cancer over the past ten years. The majority of those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: It is important to remember that cervical screening saves lives and has saved a significant number of lives over the past ten years. The issue we are dealing with is quality control and how those who were missed were dealt with. It is very important that we maintain confidence in the cervical screening programme because it saves lives. Cervical screening picks up early changes, people are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Jan 2019)

Michael Harty: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional cervical smears carried out to reassure women outside the normal cervical screening programme; the cost of the additional smears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2132/19]

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

Michael Harty: I will speak in favour of this motion. The human papilloma virus, HPV, causes cervical cancer and a vaccine to prevent such a cancer is welcome. HPV is sexually transmitted and, therefore, it makes absolute sense that both boys and girls should be vaccinated against this virus. This would have two effects. First, it would reduce the transmission of the virus; and, second, it would reduce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Harty: ...are not meeting them. I acknowledge that the incidence of smoking is reducing but, to the best of my knowledge, we are far behind our target for 2025. On screening and early detection, in the cervical cancer programme, unfortunately, only 80% of women will take up the option of a free cervical smear test. Dr. Coffey referred to the rise in breast screening tests from 70% to 75%. How...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Harty: ...health and well-being, the graphic refers specifically to vaccination and I will concentrate on that. There is a vaccine which is in serious trouble, that is, the HPV vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine could possibly reduce the incidence of cervical cancer, which is associated with the HPV virus that is implicated in 70% of cervical cancers. The uptake of...

Acknowledgement and Apology to Women and Families affected by CervicalCheck Debacle: Statements (22 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: ...and very welcome. It is essential that this apology is made and I thank the Taoiseach for it. It is important not only to the group of 221, but to all women who have been affected by the cervical screening scandal; those who have had their anxiety and concerns raised and those who have waited months for delayed results. This is of course a controversy which has particularly affected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Scally. Have all the cases of patients who went through cervical screening and were identified as having cancer been re-examined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Michael Harty: I have a short question for the Minister. Why was it decided to offer a repeat smear rather than a re-examination of the most recent cervical slide?

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I seek a little more clarity on that. There are cervical smear takers around the country who are taking smears at present but there is nowhere for those smears to go. They are being stored pending the HSE's sourcing of additional capacity. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Michael Harty: We will write to the director of Cervical Check, Mr. McCalllion, and to the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Harty: 377. To ask the Minister for Health if the facility for women to attend for a cervical smear if they are concerned regarding their previous smear, if it was more than three months ago, will continue beyond the initial three-month window; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/18]

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Michael Harty: ...of testing, surely it makes sense that in a country this size we could provide in-house testing. Rather than spending considerable amounts sending samples abroad, we should surely be testing our cervical smears here in Ireland, thereby creating a bank of knowledge but also keeping the money that is going abroad for these tests in Ireland. It makes perfect sense that there should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Children's Hospital: Discussion (12 Jun 2019)

Michael Harty: ...did not get an opportunity to make a contribution. When this meeting resumes in private session at 12.30 p.m., we will hear from the Department about the legislation underpinning the tribunal on cervical smears.

CervicalCheck: Statements (9 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I thank the Minister for giving us the opportunity to discuss the subject this morning. Cervical screening is not a diagnostic test and this is where a lot of the issues have arisen. No screening programme can identify 100% of the abnormality that it is looking for. In this case the screening programme looks for pre-cancerous changes, which have a huge spectrum of change from zero to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Michael Harty: The purpose of the meeting is to examine the findings and recommendations of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG, independent expert panel review into cervical screening in cases of cervical cancer in Ireland between 2008 and 2018. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the expert panel lead assessors: Professor Henry Kitchener, lead assessor, and Dr. Patrick Walker,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I am going to extend Dr. Holohan's time. I have a question on that. In a case of a false negative, and the frequency of testing is every three years, the rate of growth of cervical cancer is slow. If someone has a false negative and she comes back in three years' time, is there an estimation of how advanced that cancer would have progressed in those three years? The benefit of screening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank Mr. Casey. This committee is very anxious to find out exactly what happened regarding the outsourcing and awarding of contracts for cervical screening testing. Having heard the two submissions, three issues arise, one relating to costs, one relating to standards and one relating to outsourcing. The witnesses might address the issue of their view of the HSE's decision to outsource....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cancer Registry Board: Chairperson Designate (31 May 2017)

Michael Harty: ...should start at school. Children should be educated on healthy lifestyles, diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol, which are huge contributors to cancer. It would appear to me that the uptake of cervical screening and mammography is poor, in the region of 50% to 70%. That is disappointing for a population-based preventive measure. What does Dr. Coffey think are the main factors at play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Michael Harty: ...as to make him or her identifiable. I would like to make a few comments before we start. The director general of the HSE was due to be on annual leave this week but has come back to deal with the cervical screening controversy and, as such, he had not planned to be here this morning, but he has made himself available. I thank Mr. O'Brien very much for coming in. He has a prior...