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Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is there a situation where someone who goes to accident and emergency in order to access inpatient care would have to be sectioned? Has Ms Parsons ever heard of that situation?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: It obviously has happened.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: What happens in a situation where somebody completely refuses to eat? Is there a provision currently where somebody can be force-fed, for want of a better term? Are there situations whereby that can happen in a medical environment?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I am guessing that it is quite a rare event that somebody who has an eating disorder goes so far down the road where he or she refuses all fluids and food.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I have a question on Covid and eating disorders. We all have an idea why this has happened. Somebody who manifests an eating disorder sometimes does so because of control and because they have lost control due to something in their lives like a traumatic event. That manifests via someone refusing food, having low self-esteem and everything that goes with it. It is a highly complex issue....

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I will focus on a statement made over the weekend by the Irish Hospital Consultants Association. It was quite a critique of where Sláintecare is going and the state of our public health services. It was a very thorough critique of where we are. The association said that there was a severe shortage of consultants in the public health service and that 838 consultant places need to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: My final question is about the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association said that nearly 1 million people are on waiting lists. What percentage of the 1 million people waiting on medical procedures will be directed towards the private health system? We all agree that there is a two-tier health system in this country. There is a private health system and...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit largely welcome this legislation. There will be amendments and changes made on Committee Stage and, hopefully, at the end of that process, the legislation will be fit for purpose. This has been seven years or more in the making. Some references, for example, those relating to the lunacy laws, date back 140 years, which shows how antiquated this legislation is. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now HSE policy to re-employ staff who have retired; if so, what are the implications for existing staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will fund an astro-turf pitch for a football club (details supplied). [28298/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: My questions in on the pandemic recognition payment. That payment, which everybody welcomed, was to recognise the sacrifice that healthcare workers made during the pandemic. Thus far only two hospitals have paid the bonus to healthcare workers. It is incredible that this situation is continuing. Who is getting the payment is quite arbitrary and there is much frustration in regard to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: In the past number of days, two health unions - the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO - have made a significant statement on the state of the health service and the conditions of their members. Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in response to long hours, deteriorating work conditions and, most worryingly,...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: I commend Sinn Féin on its motion. It is very good. We are probably debating something we should not be debating because there should not be a need for a debate on special education for children, yet we continue to debate it not only in this Chamber but also outside it. The issue may seem abstract when debating it but it is not so abstract when it comes to parents and their children...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Thirty-five children with cystic fibrosis have been excluded from accessing the drug Kaftrio. The reasons for their exclusion are primarily price and age. This is an ongoing dispute with the HSE and the manufacturer of the drug, Vertex. The families of those 35 children have been requesting a meeting with the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, as soon as possible to clarify the situation. As the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: This is not a new drug. It is a drug that has been-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Last week the Health Research Board, HRB, issued a report on drug treatment from 2015 to 2021. To say it made for sombre reading is an understatement. One of the main findings of the report relates to cocaine use in Ireland. Treatment for cocaine use soared by 171% over an eight year period and cocaine has now overtaken heroin as the main problem drug in Ireland. While I, along with my...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time to book a vehicle for a NCT inspection. [30507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delays to get a NCT booking given that currently there are no available dates until November 2022 with the NCT centre on Fonthill Road, Clondalkin. [30508/22]