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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Mar 2024)
Ivana Bacik: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to date; the targets set for the programme; if he will report on the programme extension review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (17 Oct 2023)
Ivana Bacik: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnoses of HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, pubic lice and HPV in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/23]
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: ....The message from the Royal College of Physicians was important, namely, that it is possible to eradicate diseases such as cervical cancer through progressive public health policies such as the HPV vaccination programme and screening programmes such as CervicalCheck, which of course is not diagnostic but rather is screening. There was very positive news from this morning's briefing that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)
Ivana Bacik: ...Gynaecologists has stated that it is essential women continue to have smear tests when called and that screening remains the best way to detect cervical cancer. It notes that the combination of HPV vaccination and a well-resourced national screening programme is the best way to reduce the incidence. Of course, it should not be forgotten that we have seen a 7% decrease in cervical cancer...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (22 Nov 2016)
Ivana Bacik: ...the treatment of cancer. I ask the Minister for Health, in light of the concerns expressed by the Irish Cancer Society and others, about falling rates of take-up of the human papilloma virus, HPV, by parents of teenage girls. This is the vaccine that protects against cervical cancer.In light of these concerns and the decreasing take-up rates, from a rate of 87% in 2014 to a projected...