Results 1-19 of 19 for hpv speaker:Billy Kelleher

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

Billy Kelleher: ...quite clear, and we can only make policies in this Chamber that affect not only the health but the lives of people based on such evidence. If one looks at the international reviews of the various HPV vaccines, it is clear that it is very safe and that it saves lives. In this country alone, it will save the lives of 90 women every year. The fact that there was a drop-off in the take-up...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Billy Kelleher: ...and address the issue of outpatients having to wait between one and three years for appointments when we know that they should receive treatment is the new scandal. I thank the Minister for the delivery of the HPV vaccination programme. The committee had tried to make traction in terms of the matter but his intervention was positive and very timely.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Billy Kelleher: ...Question No. 968 of 20 June 2017, if the health technology assessment, HTA, on universal vaccination will be completed before September 2018; if his Department is working towards extending the HPV vaccination to boys in September 2018 or 2019 if the assessment produces a positive recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Jul 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1144. To ask the Minister for Health the uptake to date in 2017 in each CHO for the HPV vaccine. [36631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to instil public confidence in the national immunisation programme for HPV; his further plans to use mass media campaigns to encourage better take up of this vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1251. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the extension of the national immunisation programme for HPV to boys in view of the fact that 39,000 men worldwide die of HPV related cancer each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1252. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is examining the positive impact a universal vaccination programme for HPV has had on countries such as the United States of America, Australia and Canada; if a health technology assessment on universal vaccination has been completed by HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of the HPV vaccine to girls that have previously declined or missed the administration of the vaccine in school as part of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Billy Kelleher: 1254. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to communicate the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine to parents and separately to 12 year olds in order to increase the uptake of the national immunisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaccination Programme: Discussion (11 May 2017)

Billy Kelleher: ...thank them for their presentations. We have discussed this issue at this committee but the ears of the broader public do not seem receptive, particularly with regard to the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine. The evidence is overwhelming in terms of broad vaccination programmes, and the national immunisation programme is clearly responsible for thousands of being alive or without injury...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2016)

Billy Kelleher: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the fall in the take up of the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine; the estimated number of deaths annually from cervical cancer that would result from a halving of the uptake of the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38013/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Billy Kelleher: I wanted to raise a point on the Gardasil vaccine for HPV. Some concerns have been expressed by parents of children who have received the vaccine and some 860 cases have been referred to the HPRA. Can a meeting be facilitated with the parents of children who have been adversely affected by the vaccine, given that there is genuine concern? While I would always advocate vaccination in terms...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Immunisations (25 Mar 2014)

Billy Kelleher: ...view of recent cases of Meningitis B in counties Cavan and Westmeath he will consider making a direct decision regarding the introduction of the Meningitis B vaccine as he did with the vaccine for HPV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13568/14]

Medicinal Products (16 May 2012)

Billy Kelleher: ...of State's reply, but we must recall that the Minister for Health, when on this side of the House, accused a previous Minister of criminal negligence with regard to the delay in the roll-out of the HPV vaccination programme for girls. What we are looking at is a reduction in the threshold for determining value for money which will ensure people will die because they will not be able to...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health the common and rarer side effects of the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31694/11]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive paid for vaccination teams for the HPV vaccination programme; if not, the body which paid for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/11]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and the number of girls aged ten to 18 years who have received the HPV vaccine since the start of August 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30321/11]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of information regarding the side effects of the HPV vaccine being provided to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30322/11]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2011)

Billy Kelleher: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health the cost of administering the HPV vaccine; if there any commercial interests involved in the administration of the vaccine; the name of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30323/11]