Results 1-11 of 11 for cervical speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: ...we can possibly take up with the HSE. One area we have not really focused on - and the expansion of screening was mentioned - is a worry that came up previously with regard to the scandal over cervical cancer and the samples being sent abroad. We have not touched on it this morning. That is still happening and it was made worse during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of those samples were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses did not get the opportunity to respond on the screening that is happening abroad. The issue arose during the cervical cancer thing, but I think it is still a big concern for people. Screening needs to be timely and accurate, and people need to have trust in it. Anybody listening in who is worried should know that there are services there. They should contact their GP. If...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue for cervical screening; and the number of those who have waited for longer than six months. [35439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Oct 2022)

Seán Crowe: 302. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Cervical Screening Laboratory will open; the fully staffed annual testing capacity of the laboratory; the number of samples sent abroad for testing in each year for the past five years; and the total cost of sending samples abroad for testing in each year for the past five years. [54043/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: There was a commitment from the previous Government regarding cervical cancer testing in Ireland. I have seen the figures and they are very low. I understand there were challenges with regard to Covid and so on but is there a plan to increase that percentage and, if so, by how much?

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...to look outside the public service to fill the Chief Medical Officer, CMO, post specifically? The other issue is that back in 2019, there was commitment from the Taoiseach of the day to bring cervical testing back to Ireland and halt the sending of smear tests abroad for testing. We all know the reasons why. It is now 2022. All the cervical samples from Irish women are being sent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Crowe: 550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue for cervical screening; and the number of those who have waited for longer than six months. [62615/21]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...them. It is important that we talk about real citizens. I want to give the Minister an outline of a letter I got today from a constituent. He says that he is in agony. He has problems with his cervical spine, which he says is busted, and his lumbar spine. He has been told by neurology and rheumatology that he needs a scan but he has also been told that he may have to wait years for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (9 Jun 2020)

Seán Crowe: 417. To ask the Minister for Health when the cervical smear test screening programme will be resumed; his views on whether other life-saving elements of the health service cannot be neglected during the crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I apologise for being late as there was a rally outside relating to people with cervical cancer. It was fairly moving, as one might imagine. We accept the witnesses have major challenges ahead in their work. I am not long on this committee. There is a credibility issue with the work being done because of the work already done but which has not been implemented. That is a problem. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...of the victims committee, which meets at the same time. I was struck by some of the conversation we have had and I suppose it reflects what is happening in the Dáil Chamber today in regard to cervical cancer and the scandal around that. With regard to the public perception of services and the chance of successfully treating people, what impact does this have on the roll-out of the...