Results 1-16 of 16 for cervical speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: ...bouquets at himself, he refers to a target, and the setting of a target. It is not quite an achievement but the setting of a target, and it is absolutely laudable. I agree 100% that the elimination of cervical cancer is laudable. However, we need to get a bit of perspective. There are 650 women diagnosed with cervical cancer on an annual basis. That is about the same number as spend,...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: ...working really well. I have raised the issue of screening with the Minister on several occasions. I have some specific questions that I want to put to him today. We know that approximately 20,000 cervical screening appointments have been missed every month. That comes to over 60,000 since the start of the pandemic. I fully understand why the services had to be closed. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (16 Jun 2020)

Louise O'Reilly: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition by a person (details supplied) regarding cervical screening requesting immediate reinstatement of cervical smear testing; and if a commitment will be given to reinstate the cervical cancer screening as soon as possible. [11107/20]

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

Louise O'Reilly: ...O'Connell's question was about what is being done. There is acknowledgement that there is not a range of supports in place for - this is not a medical term - the fallout or aftermath of surviving cervical cancer in particular. There were a number of issues raised regarding the type of support and-or intervention that a woman might need. If I am understanding her correctly, that is the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...a large number of previously missed abnormalities have been uncovered in the course of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' review the results of smear tests carried out under the CervicalCheck programme over a period of ten years. Notwithstanding the limitations of a review which is not blind, these reports are very worrying. The Royal College of Obstetricians and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (29 May 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical and colorectal cancer. [22941/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...? How can anyone defend failed scoliosis action plans? How can anyone defend chronically understaffed child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS? How can anyone defend a 27-week wait for the results of cervical smear tests? How can anyone defend record-breaking waiting lists totalling 1 million patients? How can anyone defend forcing nurses and midwives onto the streets to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: ...given the day that is in it. They will probably be a bit superfluous to requirements since there is already so much love in the Chamber between the two parties of Government. In the wake of the CervicalCheck scandal, the buzz word about this place was "confidence". However, the revelations of the past few days regarding cervical screening do nothing but undermine confidence in a system...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Louise O'Reilly: Once awareness of an issue like cervical cancer is raised, notwithstanding the problems, demand is going to go up. That was already known, yet it does appear that no work was done to ensure that the capacity existed. It was very easy to see that there was going to be an increase in demand yet it seems no work was done to ensure that the extra capacity was added. Extra capacity was going to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 221 women that were diagnosed with cervical cancer that have had a change to the categorisation of their smear tests upon a subsequent review that was initiated by CervicalCheck after the women were diagnosed; and the number of these women from County Louth. [43283/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: No. It is related to the urgent and non-urgent categories, as they apply to women who have had symptoms of cervical cancer in the immediate aftermath of several negative smear tests.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...sat in my car earlier listening to "Morning Ireland". Unlike other mornings, however, I sat there frozen, shocked, angry and upset as I listened to Emma Mhic Mhathúna speak about her diagnosis of cervical cancer, her misdiagnosed smear tests and how her full medical history was kept from her until last week. Emma told us that her cervical cancer is terminal. She spoke about having...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: .... It was then to try to force that same woman into a confidentiality agreement so that she could not speak about what had happened. That was the response of the State. The response was for CervicalCheck to tell doctors treating women to exercise their judgment on whether to tell them about the misdiagnosis and to "simply ensure the result is recorded" if any of the women affected by...

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

Louise O'Reilly: ...supporting it. There can be no equivocation. The HPV vaccination programme and information campaign must be supported, and it must be supported by all of us. We have to lead by example on this. Cervical cancer is the second most common type of cancer that affects women worldwide. It is linked to a sexually transmitted infection with the HPV. Ireland sees 6,500 cases of pre-cancer of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (7 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: ...if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by persons living with Ménière's disease; if his attention has been further drawn to the growing evidence of the role that upper cervical chiropractic treatment can play in mitigating the vertigo and other debilitating symptoms endured by the affected persons; and if he will ensure that supports will be provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (16 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reviewing the age for the cervical smear examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7953/17]