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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Lucan area has not been filled for some time which is impacting significantly on the population in that area including the lack of check-ups for newborn babies; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this Bill, which is very topical in the context of workers trying to weather the current storm of inflation. It is up to the Government to determine whether it will legislate for a living wage, but the trade union movement also has a huge part to play in representing the one in five workers who find themselves in low-paid employment. Most of that employment is in hospitality,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I raise an issue that is very different from those we have just discussed. In two months' time, the Clondalkin Equine Club, which promotes urban horse ownership and equine education, will close. This is incredible because thus far the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has spent €800,000 building and funding the project. I cannot fault the Department whatsoever; it has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: The council said it will not do that.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Conflicts (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will update Dáil Éireann on the situation surrounding the Army Ranger Wing in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline Ireland’s plans for Defence Force funding and recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on Ireland’s contributions to the unfolding war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline Ireland’s current and potential future involvement in European Union defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Like me and most Members of the House, the Taoiseach will have been horrified by the cold-blooded murder of Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. To compound that misery, the Israeli Defence Force attacked sympathisers just for waving the Palestinian flag. Some 50 Palestinian journalists have been systematically murdered by the Israeli Defence Force over the past 20 years. Many people...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: To say the past two weeks have been a sorry saga is an underestimation. In the past nine years, successive Governments have had a chance to get this right but have got it very wrong. We all agree that maternity services in the places where women have children are antiquated. We all agree with that. Those services need to be modernised. The heart of the debate, and not only in the past...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the decision by the NTA to ban saloon taxi cars that are not wheelchair accessible from picking up passengers at Dublin Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: On my way to Leinster House today, I visited Cherry Orchard Hospital, where medical scientists are on strike in relation to pay and retention, among many other matters. On the way here, many of us would have seen a lot of flags around the place indicating support for front-line workers. There are two such flags in Kilmainham, which I go by everyday. I always think of that time when...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this important debate. Just transition is not just a national policy but an international policy. Environmentalists use the great phase that we must act locally and think globally. Everything we do locally is everything we do globally. For a just transition, we need to think of the environmental space as the place and country in which we live and the world we all share. That...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Psychiatric Nurses Association confirmed that 11 out of 23 beds would close until September at the Linn Dara site in Cherry Orchard. We were here five years ago. Alarm bells ring when a state-of-the-art facility such as Linn Dara, which provides an absolutely vital service for young people, cannot provide staff. If this happened five years ago, why did the HSE and the...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Journalism is an art form. Many of us admire the great journalists who have exposed the brutality of some terrible regimes. It is a skill in itself. It is a skill of telling the truth to us all. Those words could summarise Shireen Abu Akleh. She was a journalist who enjoyed great trustworthiness and respect across not only the Middle East but the whole world. Two weeks ago, Israel...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the proceeds of crime fund to support community projects will be a permanent initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26062/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: This centres around the community safety innovation fund the Department announced on 11 April. I want to find out about the longevity of the fund. Will it be directed towards communities affected by crime?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this funding from the proceeds of crime and the Criminal Assets Bureau. I can think of many initiatives and projects that could benefit from this funding, particularly in the area I represent which has been greatly affected by organised crime. The profits largely go unseen by CAB but the community will benefit from an element of them through this fund. From my understanding,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: We agree that the best way to tackle the causes of crime is to invest in communities. I would argue that social deprivation and marginalisation draw people into criminality. It can be very complex. Criminality involving drugs is extremely profitable. With the trappings come major amounts of money. There is an echelon who extremely well out of that and who generally do not live in the...