Results 1-20 of 34 for going forward speaker:Gino Kenny

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: ...of justice for people with disabilities, but I will touch on one specific issue relating to children. The situation relating to assessments of need is pretty farcical. Assessments of need are a good concept. The concept is that once the assessment has been given, the services are given to the child, but that is not happening. There is the even more bizarre set of circumstances whereby...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: ...the availability of drugs or the reasons people take drugs. A lot of people take drugs and never have a problem but there are people who will fall into addiction. Next week, in a test for the Government, People Before Profit is bringing forward a very simple Bill providing for cases where somebody has simple possession of cannabis on their person. We are asking you to have a look at the...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...a way out of the pandemic. Carers play an enormous role in the fabric of life, whether paid or not. I was a carer before I entered the Dáil and when my time in here finishes, I will probably go back to care work. It is extremely rewarding. The people I met in that job and vocation taught me a huge amount, not only about themselves but also about myself and society. There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have a couple of questions for Mr. Riley and Mr. Copson. In Britain, an MSP in Scotland - I cannot think of his name - is trying to bring forward legislation. What are their views on that and where it would go? A number of cases in Britain in the last five to ten years caught my attention. I particularly remember Noel Conway's case. It was absolutely grotesque what that man had to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Canada: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...case public opinion in Ireland wants to see legislative change. What lessons do Professor Downie and Professor Lemmens have for us as legislators in respect of how we can tackle this issue and go forward in a compassionate scenario where people might find themselves? To me, that is the most important message of this committee. If we are to change the legislation, the most important...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...has. I agree with the Minister about flavouring. I think there should be several flavours. I believe there is a lack of regulation in the whole system of vaping. As was said, no matter where we go, into a phone shop or wherever else, we can find these vapes. They are everywhere. It is insidious and needs more regulation. Returning to the secondary Bill the Minister hopes to put...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...should never be in this situation. There are families with children in complicated situations who need that intervention as soon as possible, and because of the fallout of this, that wait is going to be longer. That is the difficult for those families to accept. They know they have children who need an intervention as soon as possible, and now all surgery seems to be suspended. When...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes this legislation but it is beyond me why it has taken so long to bring it to this juncture. Why do we have to put legislation forward to compel energy companies to give money back? In the last number of years, and well beyond, the companies have been seriously profiteering from the energy crisis. People's bills have borne this out. Ordinary people are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: ..., in the stores in Talbot Street and Coolock. These workers are owed money for work they did. We saw something similar happen with unscrupulous employers such as Debenhams and Clerys. What is going on is what is called in the business "a strategic insolvency". When will the Government - it has been in office for the past three and a half years - bring forward legislation to stop this...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...less than five. I welcome the motion tabled by Sinn Féin. We have had many debates on this issue. We probably cannot have enough debates about our health system. As it is, our health system is good, when people can get access to it. We have some of the best doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and clerical staff in Europe. They are a very highly motivated and educated...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: ..., who have made these allegations, would like to see that interim report and I think they have every justification in that regard. My understanding is that a number of other victims have come forward in the meantime to make allegations of the most serious nature against individuals in the Defence Forces. It is imperative for the process to proceed with confidence that the women see this...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I commend the Regional Group and Deputy Naughten for his continued work on long Covid. We are three years into this pandemic. The world did not know the term "Covid-19" until three years ago. Since then, this virus has claimed millions of lives, affected hundreds of millions of people and caused economic chaos across the world. Many of us who got Covid-19 have recovered fully, thankfully....

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...of money. Many people cannot afford that and it can be a barrier to retrofitting. In Italy, the vast majority of people will get a retrofit of their homes completely free of charge. The Italian Government has brought forward that policy for retrofitting. It is good that there are no financial impediments to retrofitting. Retrofitting is one of the cornerstones of a just...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...is absolutely unacceptable in any workplace. This cannot be seen in isolation; it must be seen as society-wide and in the context of how sexism and misogyny circulate in society. When women come forward, they do so to challenge terrible historical and present abuses. We have seen that through the #MeToo movement, whereby women across the world challenge terrible sexism and violations...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...Whistleblowers in other areas of the health service, particularly CAMHS, should be protected. They have done a public service in relation to misdemeanours that occur in all spheres of life. It is important that people can come forward, highlight what is going on in a service and express concerns about it. Last week, I raised with the Minister for State a point related to the Joint...

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...who I had not seen in a considerable time. He said I could mention his name, John. I said I had not seen him in a while and he said that he had been very sick with Covid. It was very touch-and-go as to whether he lived or died. He lived, but he wants to say a big thank you to all the staff in the Mater hospital who saved his life. It just shows that, through this pretty awful virus,...

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...on homelessness in this country. Prior to the pandemic there were over 10,000 people in emergency accommodation. Now there are approximately 6,000 and, with regard to children, the number has gone down to about half of what it was. That is more than it should be, but it is incredible that it has taken an invisible virus to do that. The barometer of any society is how children are...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...to utilise community settings and create partnerships with our private hospitals to avoid placing increased pressure on our public health services, a statement I found deeply depressing. That is going backwards rather than forwards. There is no recognition of the thousands of beds that were taken out of our health service or staff shortages. Will it be the old way, the new way or...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: .... I have been quite vocal about it. The Minister of State will have to agree that this has been a very protracted process to provide legal access to medicinal cannabis in Ireland. Three years ago almost to the day, the majority of Deputies voted to allow the regulation of cannabis Bill I introduced go forward. That was a milestone in this debate on access to medicinal cannabis. Time...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I am very disappointed to hear the dreaded words "the money message" used again against the majority will of the Dáil. This place goes from bad to worse when it stifles the democratic will of Deputies. It is extremely disappointing. There is also an element of scaremongering in the Minister's statement. Some of it can be quite credible but other stuff is quite bureaucratic and...