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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...improvement than the European average of just 10% and 5%, respectively. We have a plan to eradicate cervical cancer. Huge progress has been made and I note the Deputy's support in that regard for the HPV vaccine and the like. We can actually eradicate a cancer in this country by 2040, and the Minister for Health will publish the plan as to how he intends to do that this year. I accept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

.... We were able to make those leaps faster. There is enormous potential in cancer because of the scale of the pace of medical and scientific progress and the improvements from things like the HPV vaccine. We now have a whole form of cancer, that is, cervical cancer, which is preventable. Hopefully it will be eradicated in the coming years. There is more potential to be able to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this answer

Colm Burke: 1212. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre’s recently published report (26/02/24) on the uptake of the HPV vaccine for the academic years 2022/2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13634/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

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: Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...allocated to the Department and HSE for period poverty mitigation in the community, working with community health organisations, local authorities and NGOs. The amount allocated was increased to €814,000 in 2023 and to €914,000 in 2024.Cervical Cancer Elimination target date (2040) announced in November 2023. Investment in the HPV vaccination programme, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

John McGuinness: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if free HPV vaccine is available for first-year students only; if funding for this measure ended in December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8236/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Holly Cairns: 336. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans within his Department for an expansion of the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme; and if so, to provide details of when this service will be available. [7223/24]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: ...for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancers. The Dublin Dental University Hospital sees more than 350 new patients every year and this is on the increase, in particular with new patients every year as a result of HPV in young people. Young people are the increasing numbers. Before the funding, head and neck cancers were the only cancers where the State's input ceased once...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Johnny Guirke: 358. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the plan to continue with the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme beyond December 2023; the next steps for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4700/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

...childhood immunisation uptake rates in parts of the child population. My predecessor once-removed, Tony O'Brien, spent ages trying to recover from misinformation and disinformation on the HPV programme. We are now rolling the HPV vaccine out to a wider catchment. On the overall position of vaccination and immunisation, we are categorically saying to people that this does protect them...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully agree. The shining example in Ireland is the late Laura Brennan and her advocacy on the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine. We know Ireland was doing well on the HPV vaccine and then, as the Deputy referenced, a lot of misinformation came into Ireland from abroad through social media. That scared young women and we saw the level of vaccine drop very considerably. Laura Brennan's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Conway: That is great, and I might engage with Dr. Henry directly on that in the coming weeks. On another question, Dr. Henry might give us an update on how the HPV and flu vaccination programmes are going, although it is probably too early with regard to the flu vaccination. In addition, does he have any further update on the Covid vaccination programme?

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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Oct 2023)

Sorca Clarke: 346. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine free to adults who have not received it yet but want to access it through their GP. [43363/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Conway: ...some of that is in train or possibly has happened or is in the process of happening. Finally, when he is providing us with an update on vaccines, he might give us a few sentences on the HPV vaccine. How is the roll-out of the vaccine and the HPV catch-up programme going?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jun 2023) See 2 other results from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the absolute number of people who have already taken up the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 1258. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring-fence funding to expand the catch-up programme for HPV vaccination between the ages of 15 to 24 years, as recommended by the national immunisation advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Colm Burke: 1260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure greater take up of the HPV vaccine, including a review of the current information campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/23]