Results 1-6 of 6 for hpv speaker:Ruth Coppinger
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Sep 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a catch-up HPV vaccination programme (details supplied) for males in second and subsequent years of second-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37107/19]
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: The first relates to moving forward on the HPV test, which we all know is superior. We have seen the problems with screening. Why not just cut our losses with the smear tests and set up HPV testing publicly under the healthcare system? My understanding, and perhaps the Minister will clarify, is that it does not need the same level of cytology and is a much easier test to diagnose. Why not...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: Is the Minister open to bringing the HPV test back into the public health system?
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: We need to know that we have democratic, public control. Why not start anew? Why not scrap the smear tests completely and just start with the HPV test, which is of a much higher standard? This was supposed to start in November but has been put back. We are now retelling women to get smear tests. Why not start with HPV testing and do so under public ownership in control under the Irish...
- National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (6 Feb 2019)
Ruth Coppinger: ...tests and their efficacy? By 2016 there were competitions where 80% could be the cost criterion. The profits of Quest Diagnostics have risen exponentially. I will finish with a key question relating to HPV testing. The Government is fond of saying that we are cutting edge and we are one of the first countries to use the new test. Why not bring this back into public ownership and...
- Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)
Ruth Coppinger: ...the Vicky Phelan lab but they are still using Quest which has a much lower detection rate than the others. Will the Minister for Health invest in public labs attached to public hospitals for the HPV vaccine? I have run out of time but I do not believe the Taoiseach or the Minister were not informed of all of this cover-up.