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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (27 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can outline supports that energy users can expect in the coming period to deal with high gas and electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 516. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline for the past ten years each time the income threshold to qualify for a medical card got updated or altered; and if he will respond with details of each or any update to qualify for a medical card. [18999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 517. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update the income threshold for a medical card to align with the current cost of living. [19000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update the qualification criteria for a medical card to consider long-term illnesses that have a cost burden on a household; and if he will make the qualification for a medical card to be more flexible to take in cost factors that are not on the current list. [19001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the medical card to all cancer patients under treatment. [19002/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (25 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 654. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is aware that the Local Government Management Agency recently changed library borrowing rules for children and young people borrowing age appropriate books, so that they now require signed consent from a parent to move up an age group for example, to the 12-14 age category when they have reached 12 years of age, and that this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: My question is the same as that of Deputy Bacik. The INMO is holding its annual conference today. A survey by the organisation found 65% of nurses and midwives felt patient safety was at risk and conditions were not conducive to a safe workplace. Something important the Government can do is to implement the safe staffing framework. It should be implemented and underpinned by legislation....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parking Provision (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can clarify any plans to remove or penalise workers who avail of car-parking spaces in their workplace; how any scheme aimed at removing or charging for such places might affect front-line workers or those with no viable public transport option due to their shift patterns and workplace location; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parking Provision (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: This question relates to a clarification on any plans either to penalise workers who avail of car-parking spaces in their workplaces or to remove those spaces.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parking Provision (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister. The Climate Change Advisory Council has called on the Government to implement a levy on workers who get free parking in urban areas. The idea behind that is to change individual behaviour. However, as the Minister has stated, I am sure people do not want to be in their cars for hours on end. It is the last thing they want on their way to work. However, there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parking Provision (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is in legislation from 2008.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parking Provision (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Minister will not be signing off on the measure. There is a provision in the Finance Bill 2008 that can be signed by the Minister to introduce a levy on workers. It is good that he will not be signing that. There is a lot of corporate greenwashing going on. I will give the Minister an example. Liffey Valley Shopping Centre introduced staff car-parking charges in October 2022. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: On Tuesday last, Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan died in an Israeli prison. He was on hunger strike for 87 days and was held in what the Israelis called administrative detention, in other words, internment. The blame for his death lies solely and squarely with apartheid Israel. We should know about the long history of fighting colonialism via hunger strikes. When will the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: Why did we do it in the 1980s?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: Why would the Tánaiste want to deal with a murderous regime such as Israel? The Tánaiste is yellow.

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: I too want to welcome the spirit of this motion. We have discussed this issue on many occasions and it is extremely important. Independent living for those who are living with a disability is a fundamental civil right. This includes the right to work, the right to travel and the right to live. In the past, the situation for those who were living with disabilities was one of exclusion,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (3 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) will chair each of the four sessions of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy planned for June 2023. [20532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (3 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person or body that will be invited to the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; and how their expertise will be determined. [20533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (3 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how long the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy will sit on each of the four days scheduled for June 2023. [20534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Consultations (3 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all seven of the planned themes will be discussed at each of the four planned sessions of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy. [20535/23]