Results 1-20 of 20 for hpv speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...laboratory contractor will remain necessary at all times to ensure resilience in the system. The route to go is to create our own national service in respect of this. That then, combined with the HPV vaccine roll-out, would give us a very robust approach to cervical cancer and a real opportunity to eliminate it or significantly reduce it in this country. In respect of the legislation,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...be no confidentiality, there were significant flaws within the programme. The Government wants to eliminate and eradicate cervical cancer. That is the objective. We can achieve this through the HPV vaccination programme and an effective screening programme. The Minister recently announced the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme, which will be implemented by the HSE...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...The indications are that it would be realistic to definitely be able to net 5,500 staff for 2022. If the HSE can do more, it will be provided with funding to do more. I take Deputy Kelly's point on HPV screening and vaccination. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan raised HPV vaccination for young people with me yesterday. We are following that up to make sure it is as comprehensive as it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...this issue, which he has raised with me previously. It is a very fair point. I will raise the matter with the Minister and the HSE in respect of doing the thing properly and making sure that HPV vaccine coverage is as comprehensive as possible.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ..., I wish to join Deputy Kelly in extending my condolences to the family of Eileen Rushe at this very difficult time for them. I thank Eileen for her extraordinary campaigning in relation to the HPV vaccine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Kelly made a very fair point about the reduction in HPV vaccinations. That is a very important issue on which I will revert to him. I will engage with the HSE in terms of the catch-up, perhaps utilising other agencies. Again, all hands are on deck in terms of the vaccination and will be in respect of GPs in particular.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: Hopefully, pharmacists will also be involved as we move more into critical mass vaccination. I take the Deputy's point. The HPV vaccination is extremely important and Laura Brennan's legacy must be honoured in that respect. I take that point. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the issue of pathways for those studying for a PhD in psychology. I am certainly of the view that we must do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...on this. In other words, I have no issue with building up - in fact, I would support building up - our own capacity in terms of laboratory testing and being able to do it here. Moving to the HPV programme means testing is now far better and will give far better outcomes and give certainty and precision around testing. Once the threat of Covid recedes, we must be in a position to make...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...the failings that occurred. Quality control is essential to achieving the highest standards of oversight of screening programmes and ensuring this highest standard. That is why the move to HPV cervical screening for the medium term and into the future has already occurred. That is the key to improving the programme from a quality and safety perspective and reducing error and optimising...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 Jul 2019)

Micheál Martin: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the inquiries made as to whether the entire cervical screening service should be re-established to ensure an entirely integrated service for HPV, cytology, colposcopy and histopathology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30374/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...for a decision which has heaped hundreds of thousands of additional unnecessary tests on the system, causing an enormous backlog, and has delayed the rolling out of the new human papillomavirus, HPV test, which is far more precise and more accurate and would yield even better results for the women concerned. The record of the House unquestionably needs to be corrected and the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...answered comprehensively. I ask the Taoiseach to ask the Minister to come to the House and correct the record in respect of that matter. In that context, when does the Taoiseach expect the new HPV test to be rolled out and introduced? Its accuracy and precision is superior to the existing form of screening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...up to 33 weeks. Some 71,000 women have been waiting longer than four weeks. The HSE says that two thirds of the backlog is due to the decision on free testing. The introduction of the new HPV test, which will be far more accurate and precise, has been delayed indefinitely. In a submission to the Joint Committee on Health, the former clinical director of CervicalCheck, Dr....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...and the committee stay on board until the Scally recommendations are fully implemented, the backlog in testing has been cleared, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists review is complete and the HPV screening programme has begun to be rolled out. I am saying this because there was an attempt by the Department of Health to close down the steering committee recently. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme Administration (26 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...report recommendations are fully implemented; if the terms of reference need to be updated to allow for an extension and to ensure that the backlog has been cleared, RCOG review is complete and the HPV screening programme has begun to be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13250/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...in which they take between four and six months. The Minister's decision was the major contributing factor to this unacceptable situation. Last week, the Committee on Health revealed that the new HPV test has been indefinitely delayed because of the backlog. We learned from the The Lancet Oncologyjournal today that the new HPV test, combined with an uptake in the vaccine, would have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...whether the CervicalCheck team communicated its opposition to someone at a senior level in the Department of Health in advance of the decision. Will he answer that question? The reason the new HPV test is not deliverable is the backlog created by the Minister's decision. Is the Taoiseach comfortable with the Minister's comments in that radio interview? The Taoiseach has stated he...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: ...we would get those done. The Government is blaming the lack of a Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive for that, but we require more detail about it. Finally, I wish to raise the delayed HPV vaccine test. Forgive me for saying this, but one gets a sense from the Government that announcements and commitments are made glibly or very shallowly. For example, it was announced with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Government announced that the new HPV test - I may have inadvertently called it the "HPV vaccine" earlier - would be available last September, and that the programme relating to it would eventually replace the current programme. Unfortunately, this target was missed and it was then set for January. However, January has come and gone and it has not been announced. There does not appear...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2019)

Micheál Martin: .... That had a significant impact on the cytology laboratories, which were not resourced to deal with that decision. The programme has been damaged as a result. The Taoiseach referred to the HPV vaccine. It was promised for last September but that target was not met. It was then promised for January.