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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent comments from the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment suggesting that more gardaí may be armed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken and plans to take in response to the substantial shortcomings found on handling of 999 calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [61089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 507. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [60570/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 22. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61303/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission is proposing that breast screening should be offered to women from the age of 45 years, rather than from the age of 50 as is the case here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61302/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 103. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made Kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if he expects the HSE to reach its target of over 130,000 net reduction in waiting lists per the 2022 waiting list action plan; the net reduction and addition in the year to date in 2022 ; the project outturn for the full year 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61301/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lack of affordable accommodation is severely affecting recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61299/22]

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. My questions are mainly directed to Ms Joyce. What is the definition of a forensic mental facility because I have never heard it called "forensic"?

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: What would be the definition of somebody who is deemed unfit to plead?

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: I am guessing that in certain circumstances, the person has committed some pretty horrendous crimes.

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: So if people convicted of minor crimes were in Mountjoy or Wheatfield, they might spend a small amount of time there but if they are in the CMH, they will spend multiples of that time period there.

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: On the judgment of the courts that they are not fit to plead?

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: So there are situations where somebody who has committed a relatively minor crime could be in a facility such as this for years because their capacity is compromised in some way and that the State feels that because they do not have capacity, they will be incarcerated indefinitely. There are cases where this has happened.

Joint Committee On Health: People Detained in Secure Forensic Mental Health Facilities: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: My final question is on recovery. Obviously, if people are in this institute or facility, recovery and rehabilitation is key to reform. There is a gravity to why people are incarcerated in the first place. I presume there is a full spectrum of that from relatively minor crimes to crimes that would be of a very serious nature. On recovery, if somebody commits the most serious crimes of...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: Does the Minister think privatisation of the energy sector has worked? Deregulation happened in the last 25 years. Deregulation and competition were supposed to drive prices down for electricity users but the opposite has happened in Ireland. We had the lowest electricity prices in Europe but now we have one of the highest so something has gone wrong. Private energy companies are doing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise reports of the Iranian authorities shooting protestors and targeting women at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62450/22]