Results 1-17 of 17 for hpv speaker:Lisa Chambers

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Lisa Chambers: ...better help the authorities to deal with that criminality. As I mentioned earlier, Senator Conway raised the situation at University Hospital Limerick. He also raised an important issue around cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine, and the need for a free catch-up programme to cover the significant cost associated with getting that vaccine for those who missed the opportunity to get the...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...saved every year and that is something for us to be proud of as a State. We are doing something right in this area of women’s healthcare. I also welcome the introduction of the human papilloma virus, HPV, test last year. That is a positive step. The old test, if I am correct, caught seven out of ten cases, whereas the new test detects nine out of ten cases. We have greater...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 May 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 294. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV screening programme that was due to begin in September 2018 will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20438/19]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019)

Lisa Chambers: CervicalCheck was before the committee last week and was being asked about the new HPV screening programme. Regrettably, it is now looking as though it could be 2020 or 2021 before that comes into being. When I pushed on why it was not being made available sooner, the answer I was given was that decisions of this nature must be based on clinical evidence and they must be safe. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Lisa Chambers: ...to language such as they "manage our communications" and are engaging in "dialogue with the market" and that there is "pre-market engagement" and that there is no tendering process under way for HPV testing, there is a disconnect between Mr. McCallion's work and the 80,000 women who are affected by the backlog. Mr. McCallion's work to date has not been adequate in dealing with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Feb 2019)

Lisa Chambers: ...have high-grade or low-grade changes - her test will not be read for six months. If there is an interpretation of a smear slide that there are low-grade changes, the second part of the test - the HPV element - is necessary to decide if a colposcopy is required. The impact of a delay meant that women were not reassured, but rather there was additional panic and anxiety because of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 202. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV vaccine will be rolled out for boys and girls. [51017/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine will be rolled out for boys and girls in September 2019. [51018/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to roll out the HPV vaccine for boys and girls in September 2019. [51019/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the ages at which boys and girls will receive the HPV vaccine; the way in which it will be carried out, for example, in national school, secondary school or through the general practitioner network. [51020/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the age at which boys and girls will receive the HPV vaccine. [51021/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the budget in 2019 to commence the roll-out of the HPV vaccine for boys and girls in September 2019. [51022/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the projected annual cost of the proposed roll-out of the HPV vaccine for boys and girls; and the area in which this is budgeted for. [51023/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Dec 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the consultation he has had with the HSE and the medical profession regarding the roll-out of the HPV vaccine for boys and girls. [51024/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Oct 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Immunisation Advisory Committee will examine the possibility of extending the HPV vaccine to men and women up to 45 years of age. [43581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 113. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the age range for the HPV vaccine in view of FDA approval to extend the age in the United States of America for men and women aged 27 to 45 years of age due to supporting medical evidence it continues to be effective in preventing cervical cancer and other illnesses at upper age ranges; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary treatment of HPV consisting of three separate gardasil injections for a person (details supplied) is not covered under their medical card; the reason they are being asked to pay €170 for each injection; if there is financial assistance available to the person in relation to this expense; and if he will make a statement on the...