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Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: Deputy Smith is on her way here. Will the Chairman afford the Deputy a couple of minutes?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: She will be here.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (22 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated in the past 12 months for whom data are available, using NTPF funding, by a consultant doctor who also had persons on his or her waiting list who had been treated in the same period by a different consultant doctor using NTPF funding; the number of persons who were treated using NTPF funding by a consultant doctor...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is within her remit to direct an inquest to be held by a coroner; if she can direct an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36630/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults and children with phenylketonuria, PKU; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that no new low protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list in more than six years;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: I read this document 20 minutes ago and found it good. Listening to Dr. Lorraine, however, I was disheartened. What are the terms of reference of the Minister's report? Who is involved and what policy and legislative expertise in terms of medical cannabis does the HPRA have? The Barnes report, which Dr. Nolan is familiar with, was conclusive on the benefits of medicinal cannabis. I had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: Maybe it is mine. Who will be involved in the review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: I will stay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: I do not want to pre-empt the conclusion but given that this only affects a tiny number of people, we would lose a major opportunity for people who want to gain access to medical cannabis. We will see what the findings are. Obviously the Bill will be debated next Thursday. There is a groundswell in Ireland and across Europe that medical cannabis is here to stay. It could be of benefit to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Child Abduction (29 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if he will intervene by contacting the Algerian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37486/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37487/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (30 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person with multiple sclerosis and diabetes can hold a long term illness card for life but yet a person with a long term mental health diagnosis such as schizophrenia is ineligible for the same card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (30 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Ireland is ranked in relation to OECD countries in relation to overall spending in health both public and private and Ireland's ranking for the public funding of health spending in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37772/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I ask the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I wish to point something out to the Minister of State. I am sure he is aware of it because he has a good track record on it. Ireland has been pretty poor on equality for people with disabilities. Currently, 156 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ireland signed it almost nine years ago but never came good on it. Even Ireland's UN...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: That is all well and good but will the Minister of State not put a timeframe on it? This has been dragging on for years. The Government signed the UN convention nine years ago. Why has it not been ratified and put into effect? We must send a strong signal to people with disabilities that this will be done within a matter of months. If this is allowed to go on and on, the convention will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Will it be done after the Christmas recess?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I will sign it too.