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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank our guests. I am under a time constraint because I have to speak in the Dáil Chamber so I have only one question. My question intends to get to the heart of the issue around orphan drugs and access to them. There is a perception, and I think there is a lot of truth in it, that big pharma companies have governments and patients over a barrel in respect of the price they charge...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: 331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the signature of a person can be provided in order to avail of social welfare supports in cases in which the person is unconscious and critically ill in hospital; the contingencies that are in place in these instances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the thresholds or to alter the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34961/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: My question centres on the fuel allowance thresholds and the qualifying criteria. This will be a very important issue in the coming months. I want the Minister's opinion on the thresholds by which people will qualify.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State. We can all agree that the fuel allowance at the moment is targeted in a certain way to a certain number of social welfare recipients. I believe this needs to broaden out to much more than the cohort of people who currently receive it. If a person is on illness benefit he or she does not get it. A person on disability benefit does not get the fuel allowance....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: This winter we will see the apex of the cost-of-living crisis, particularly in energy prices. There have been 35 price hikes by energy companies in the past 12 months. The cumulative effect has been a 60% to 70% increase in electricity and gas prices. That is a fact. Another fact which the Minister will have to address is that since February this year, 20,000 people were refused fuel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Most people understand that states have to get value for money on drugs that can be beneficial to their citizens. Do our guests acknowledge, at the same time, that pharmaceutical companies are making vast amounts of money? They are beholden to their shareholders rather than the people their drugs are meant to treat. Some of the profits that these companies make are absolutely incredible....

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: As said earlier, the unit has a nursing complement of 51, whereas at the moment it has less than half that number. Am I correct in-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of ceasing her Department's current policy of removing persons from the fuel allowance qualification if their income increases marginally especially given the current energy cost crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34962/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: I wish good morning to everybody. I have a number of questions but I do not want to repeat some of the questions that have already been asked. This procedure was paused in the State in 2018. Is it still available outside the State? Is it still available in Europe, for example? Can women get it done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: How many women have accessed the treatment abroad scheme thus far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Was Ms Jackson successful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Why does Ms Jackson think she was unsuccessful in accessing the treatment abroad scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Do our guests know how many women have tried to access the treatment abroad scheme? There does not seem to be a collection of data around this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: It is mostly in the United States where that procedure could take place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Ms Jackson's injury must be compounded by being told that this is psychosomatic, with certain medical professionals saying that this is all in her head and is not related to the procedure that was done. How does it make Ms Jackson feel about healthcare in Ireland when people are saying it had nothing to do with the procedure that was done and it is all essentially in her head?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Chair and good morning to all our guests. I want to focus most of my questions on the CMO's report of 2018, in relation to its 19 recommendations. The HSE has said that 11 of those have been completed. Could they name a number of the recommendations that have been completed in that category?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vaginal Mesh Implants: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes. Could the HSE elaborate on the five ongoing recommendations?