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Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: I am familiar with a very similar organisation in Clondalkin. It has been operating for a considerable amount of time. It does very important work for those who get caught up in the addiction of a family member.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: The funding being received seems extraordinary considering the prevalence and evolution of drugs. Drugs have evolved and there have been geographic changes also. The delegates will have seen the recent report on cocaine use in Ireland. Cocaine had a particular demographic but that is now completely changed. You can now probably get cocaine in most villages in Ireland. It is that...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: That is a very good point.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: That is a great point.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: It is very welcome that the HSE and the Departments of Health and Justice have said there needs to be a health lead. I do not want to be cynical, but there is a lot of lip service paid to all of this, to be honest. When we scratch the surface, we find people are being criminalised for personal drug use. That is not only a waste of time, but bringing people through the courts system is...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: That is what it is all about. As I said, this has been talked about for decades. Actions speak louder than words. I would be quite sceptical about the current Government implementing whatever the citizens' assembly comes back with. I do not think it has the stomach or bottle to do it.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 80%.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: They are not going to go away.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Far from it.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes. I thank the Chair.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Exactly. We hope it will change.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Policies (28 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his vision for Ireland’s ultimate future role in European defence projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the many schools that are required by her Department to open an ASD unit that will not have any staff members with specialised qualifications to cater for students in the unit; if her attention has been drawn to the many teachers who applied for the Graduate Diploma in Education of Pupils on the Autism...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 815. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the disability capacity review; if the review will be published before budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34003/22]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes this Bill. It is quite progressive, as is the contraception scheme. Outpatient charges are not conducive to Sláintecare whatsoever. I think the Minister would agree with that. Most people listening will be asking themselves why we pay inpatient charges in the first place. This is welcome but there is a long way still to go. Children who attend the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Sorry?

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: The €1.3 million was spent by the HSE on debt collectors.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: I am trying to get that information. It would be very interesting to see how much money they actually gathered.

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Charges should be abolished, full stop. The amount of bureaucracy that goes into this, between paying debt collectors and the administrative work involved in inpatient fees, is not efficient. This is in the context of the cost-of-living crisis many families are going through. This Bill is welcome so people will have to access healthcare and so forth. It is welcome that this is happening...