Results 21-32 of 32 for cervical speaker:Michael Harty

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: 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...

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

Michael Harty: ...was open disclosure posing such a great difficulty in 2016 when it was already HSE policy in 2013? What was the issue that inhibited open disclosure? I believe it was the responsibility of the CervicalCheck programme to make information available to patients. I do not think it was the responsibility of the treating clinicians. I would like Mr. Connaghan's comments on this because it...

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...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2018)

Michael Harty: I have chosen to speak on a different subject even though yesterday we had a very lengthy meeting of the Joint Committee on Health on the issue of cervical screening which revealed some very valuable information. The European Commission yesterday stated that the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, budget is to be reduced by 5% and payments to farm families may be reduced by up to 4%. This...

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: ...concentrate on that and not take political issues into account. The issues that arise this evening relate to trust. There has been a breakdown of trust. There has been a loss of trust in the CervicalCheck programme. There have been a breakdown in and failure of open disclosure. There has been a destruction of confidence in the CervicalCheck programme. That needs to be restored as...

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...

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...

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...

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 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?

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...