Results 1-13 of 13 for cervical speaker:Rose Conway Walsh

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yesterday, the Taoiseach apologised to women and families affected by the operation of the cervical screening programme. Certainly, I welcome that apology and it was welcomed by those who were most affected. However, those words must be followed by action. We saw yesterday also that another seriously ill woman is being dragged through the courts. While the State must fight different...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...way and we have talked in the House before about the role the Government here can play in that. Today, we learned of the continued Government failure to care for women who have suffered under the cervical cancer scandal.Another woman was forced to go to the High Court to get approval for a drug just to keep her alive, the response of the HSE being a refusal by silence to discharge its...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...to be expanded in respect of rural crime. I would appreciate it if the debate could be facilitated as soon as possible. This morning, it was reported that only 7% of women who had repeat smear tests for cervical cancer have received their results. That leaves around 2,370 women still waiting on repeat test results, despite being promised priority testing and results within four to six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: I was watching proceedings earlier. Going back to 2008, I agree that the national cervical screening programme was absolutely the correct thing to do. There are no ifs and buts on that but we need to separate that from the decision to outsource to the USA. That was deadly dangerous and unforgivable. The witnesses may dispute that. I think that Dr. David Gibbons resigned over this because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...the RCOG is accountable. Part of the reason I ask is that one person in particular has been campaigning for answers since last April about the death of his partner of 22 years, who died of cervical cancer in 2017. He is getting no response whatsoever. He consented to the smear being audited as soon as he was asked but he has no idea. Think how this must compound his grief when the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...our condolences to Emma's children, her daughter Natasha, her sons, Séamus, Mario, Oisín and Donnacha, her father, Peter, and her wider family and friends. Today, we must also remember those other women who have died during the cervical cancer scandal, particularly the woman who died over the weekend, and we send our solidarity and condolences to her family. I also send...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...changed in the HSE when it comes to transparency, openness and accountability. Nothing will change unless we make it change and force such change to come about. I commend everyone involved in the cervical cancer rallies of women together outside the gates of Leinster House, in Castlebar and in the different communities throughout this country. They will come out and have their voices...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Again today I have to raise the issue of the cervical screening scandal and the failure of the Government to respond to the calls for the head of the HSE to be removed. It symbolises its ineptitude to deal with the horrific situation that presents for women. The words "contempt" and "unfeeling" come to mind when I see the response of the Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar. It is certainly not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...since the mid-1990s. I am calling for an investigation of the historical impact of valproate. That has to be done. No more than what we have been hearing in the past couple of days in respect of cervical screening and the huge cover-up that was done, all the people who were prescribing this drug knew of its effects and kept this from expectant mothers. Those mothers ended up having...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (3 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...and their families need to see. The Minister says he wants a full investigation to discover all the facts and to restore confidence in the screening programme but we do not need an inquiry to determine that women with cervical cancer were not given critical information on their healthcare. We know that at least 17 women went to their graves not knowing. We still do not know how many more...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...by the time the Minister comes in tomorrow afternoon, there will be new questions following his appearance in the Dáil today, the HSE's appearance before the health committee and so on. As the cervical cancer smear test scandal escalates, it is now clear this has been a monumental, systemic cover-up. I called it a cover-up yesterday. The Minister called it a miscommunication or an...

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

Rose Conway Walsh: Does the State Claims Agency seek advice? Would the agency come to the cervical screening board to seek advice on whether or not the agency should go ahead with the case?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: ...we have, a request which was passed to the Leader. I propose that the Order of Business be amended to facilitate the Minister coming to the Chamber. We will then address the main issue of the cervical smear test scandal.