Results 1-11 of 11 for hpv speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to ask about the affordability of the HPV vaccine, particularly where GPs prescribe it and the patient cannot afford to pay the price of €600. I have raised this issue several times. How important is it, when a clinician recommends that somebody needs to have, and should have, the HPV vaccine, that we make the vaccine affordable? On the previous occasion we met we talked...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health make the HPV vaccine available to women over the age of 25? We all welcomed the decision that women under the age of 25 could get it free of charge from May. Will the Taoiseach ask the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, to look at this? I am asking only for those women for whom it has been deemed necessary that they get the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Feb 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on a school-based HPV mop-up vaccination programme; his views on the provision of the HPV vaccine to those who missed or turned down a vaccine in the first year of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9412/22]

Science Week 2021: Statements (10 Nov 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...everyday conversation. The media and the public have shown a fantastic aptitude for debating complex scientific concepts. The Covid-19 vaccine, and other vaccines of which the Minister spoke, such as the HPV vaccine and others, are some of the starkest examples of the value of scientific research. While we are talking about the HPV vaccine, we need to stop charging people €600...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if students who missed or refused the HPV vaccine while in first year are able to access the vaccine through their school if they are still in secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46530/21]

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...the issue. This needs to be addressed once and for all. Trust needs to be earned. The Minister needs to fix this and do so now. I have spoken about trust. I raised the affordability of the HPV vaccine on 15 December, 13 January, 26 April and 6 May. I ask the Minister to listen to me again today. There are women who cannot afford this. Some have been medically advised by their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 May 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee advised against the inclusion of the HPV vaccine in the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (28 Apr 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1020. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for not including the HPV vaccine on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Why is the human papilloma virus, HPV, vaccine not covered under the drugs payment scheme for women who are advised to get it by their consultants or medical practitioners? The reason I ask is that the cost of the HPV vaccine is €600. Many families and women who do not qualify for a medical card because the thresholds are so low are under severe financial pressure. Forcing them to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 855. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the HPV vaccine within the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HPV vaccine for medical card and non-medical card holders who are advised to get the vaccine by their general practitioner or consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43562/20]