Results 21-24 of 24 for cervical speaker:Róisín Shortall
- FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)
Róisín Shortall: ...are talking about cutting basic welfare payments to save money, how can this pay-out be justified? Just a few weeks before the golden handshake the Government told us it could not afford a cervical cancer vaccine for young girls. For workers, taxpayers and citizens, this is contemptuous. Taken together with the bailout of the banks, the bailout of reckless property developers and the...
- Vaccination Programme: Motion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)
Róisín Shortall: ...and food consumption, which can reduce a person's chances of contracting the disease, but no vaccine is available to substantially reduce one's chances of developing most forms of cancer except cervical cancer. That is why the vaccine represents a significant breakthrough in health care and preventative medicine, which is severely under-developed in this State. For that reason, HIQA...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 May 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was taken by the National Cancer Screening Service to outsource specialised cervical screening to an American company (details supplied); the implications this will have for laboratory services here and other allied health services that have been providing a quality service in the absence of a national screening...
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (23 Apr 2008)
Róisín Shortall: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card patients are being charged for cervical smear tests; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card patients are being charged â¬50 for such testing, which is vital for early diagnosis; and if she will take steps to ensure that medical card patients are provided with this service free of charge....