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

Gino Kenny: Could the HSE elaborate on the three recommendations that are no longer deemed clinically appropriate?

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

Gino Kenny: My final question relates to the overall programme itself. Four years ago it was paused. Does the HSE envisage that the programme could recommence under the recommendations if they are fulfilled and carried out, and with the consent of medical professionals and the women who have suffered terribly in relation to this? Is it envisaged that the programme could recommence in the future?

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

Gino Kenny: What I am taking from that is that the programme could be recommenced in the future. How prevalent is this procedure in Britain or mainland Europe?

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

Gino Kenny: In Dr. Murphy's experience, has the procedure been banned in any country around the world by a government or health authority?

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

Gino Kenny: Does it cause Dr. Murphy concern that various countries have paused the programme? There are obviously concerns not only in this country but elsewhere that a medical procedure could be detrimental to somebody's health.

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

Gino Kenny: Does Dr. Murphy expect the programme to recommence in the future in Ireland? I accept it is difficult to say.

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

Gino Kenny: Who would make that decision?

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

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: It has been a fascinating discussion thus far. Most people who will listen in today will say that contracting Covid has changed their lives, because of the legacy of Covid-19 and so forth. That cohort of people, which is large, will want answers about how their lives have changed from contracting Covid and the legacy with regard to chronic fatigue and all of the symptoms that come with long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: My second question, which I know Dr. Lambert has touched on already, is with regard to LDN. It sounds as though the initial evidence is quite good. Will he elaborate on the evidence thus far on the pilot project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: There are other neurological conditions that have the same symptoms to those experienced by people who are suffering from long Covid. Has Dr. Lambert witnessed any parallel between other conditions and long Covid in his professional career?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: My final question, on a more positive note, is on recovery. Obviously, everybody is different. My question may not be completely scientific, but what percentage of people have made a complete recovery from their symptoms of long Covid and are back to what they were prior to having contracted Covid-19? What does recovery look like and what is the rate of recovery among the patients Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Lambert.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for coming today. This is a very worthwhile debate. I want to go back to the future. That future is in the mid-1970s, 45 years ago and relates to the Misuse of Drugs Act. That is where we started. Obviously that law is still prevalent today. That law was introduced to do a number of things: to stop the proliferation of drugs and to give people criminal sanction for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: What Professor Smyth is saying is that he is not open to regulation alone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Even though, as we have seen in Portugal, the hard evidence is that it saves lives. That is really what it comes down to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: In Portugal, it is a fact. Thousands of people are alive today because of the system that was introduced in Portugal. It is a fact. Is Professor Smyth denying that fact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sanctions for the Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is Professor Smyth not of the opinion that what has happened in Portugal has saved lives and has brought people out of the criminal justice system? This system works. Decriminalisation only goes so far. I would be of the opinion that cannabis, in particular, needs to be regulated. It needs to be legalised and regulated. People stigmatise and put out this claptrap all the time saying that...