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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

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 Nov 2022)

Emer Higgins: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that first-year students from a school (details supplied) are being asked to travel to a HSE facility in Cherry Orchard to avail of the HPV vaccine which is normally administered in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action. Every year in Ireland around 300 people get cervical cancer, and 90 women die from it. Through continuing to promote and develop our cervical screening and HPV vaccination programmes, we aim to make this devastating and traumatic disease a rare cancer in our population.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...laboratory contractor will remain necessary at all times to ensure resilience in the system. The route to go is to create our own national service in respect of this. That then, combined with the HPV vaccine roll-out, would give us a very robust approach to cervical cancer and a real opportunity to eliminate it or significantly reduce it in this country. In respect of the legislation,...

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...Vicky was fully committed to all women who were using CervicalCheck, despite the fact that she had been failed in this regard. She also expressed her full support for the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine. She saw both of these services as essential to women's health. Vicky was a strong, warm, beautiful, and tenacious woman. We in this House have a duty to ensure her legacy of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...treatment which prevents HIV and is provided to populations at substantial risk of sexual acquisition of HIV. Over 2,000 individuals, mostly gay men, are currently registered with the national programme. - HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine extension to men and women living with HIV up to and including 26 years; and to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM), including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Robert Troy: 1122. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a HPV vaccine is provided to a person (details supplied). [54969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Healy-Rae: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in the case of a young person (details supplied) who has to pay for their HPV vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...anticipated that this allocation will allow vaccinations to be provided for; if he will provide a breakdown on the way in which it is intended that this budget be used; if this budget is ringfenced for HPV or if it will be available for other vaccines; the start date for the funding allocation; the time period for which it will be dispersed; the locations in which the scheme can be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Duncan Smith: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the merits of extending the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up scheme to women up to age of 35 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Holly Cairns: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the way young women who did not receive the HPV vaccine in schools can access the vaccine. [49638/22]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Conway: ...centre, Bunratty, Knappogue Castle and the other Shannon Heritage sites? I would appreciate it if the Leader could intervene on this matter. I also wish to raise the issue of the human papillomavirus, HPV, catch-up programme. It was announced by the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, last July. This week alone, I have been contacted by two individuals who have been charged...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of State and this Government since it came into office. We launched the first ever women’s healthcare plan earlier this year. Now, we are continuing to fund additional services into next year. We will deliver a human papillomavirus, HPV, catch-up programme to girls and boys at school and to women aged up to 25. The catch-up programme is due to commence before the end of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Conway: Last July, the Minister for Health announced that the catch-up programme for every woman under the age of 25 who had not availed of the HPV vaccine would free of charge, but a number of people have contacted my office to say that is not the case. Where exactly are we with this? Is it free of charge or not and, if it is not free, when will it be?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Pauline Tully: 566. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 26 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on a timeframe for the commencement of a catch-up HPV vaccination programme; if this catch-up programme will include girls and boys in secondary school who were eligible to receive HPV vaccine in first year but who did not receive it; if this catch-up programme...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: ...be readily available. I believe that the flu vaccine should be made available to everybody free of charge because it is an essential health measure. We need to know when the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine will be rolled out in order to forward plan. It is great that the Minister has announced that there is a catch-up programme and that all females under-25 years who have not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2022)

Duncan Smith: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing the HPV vaccine for free to adults who have not received it but want to access it through their general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38344/22]

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (12 Jul 2022)

Martin Conway: ...a situation where she cannot avail of the best form of appropriate contraception. That is very welcome. While I am on my feet, I commend what has been done in terms of the human papillomavirus, HPV, vaccine. I raised it on many occasions with the Minister and I pushed hard to ensure that the HPV catch-up programme would be free of charge. It is very welcome that this has happened....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Niamh Smyth: 803. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations on the HPV vaccine of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Jun 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ...The ages at which vaccines are recommended in the immunisation schedule are chosen by the NIAC in order to give each child the best possible protection against vaccine preventable diseases. As the HPV vaccine is preventative it is intended to be administered, if possible, before a person becomes sexually active, that is, before a person is first exposed to HPV infection. Therefore, the...