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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: This week, Professor John Crown raised concerns regarding cancer patients with private health insurance in respect of not getting timely access to vital cancer medicines. There were major discrepancies regarding timely interventions by private health insurance companies. There were some waiting periods of up to two years in respect of these vital medicines. The Irish Cancer Society has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25316/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to discuss the far right with the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the policing of far-right protests and aggression against refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that community neuro-rehabilitation is a vital support for people living with neurological conditions, a community neuro-rehabilitation team was promised for every Community Health Organisation (CHO) area but most have not been delivered; if he will commit to a timeline to establish a team in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) regulations 2023 will extend to Irish citizens who are prescribed cannabis medicines; if his Department has nominated a body to issue and verify such certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development (31 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reschedule the chemical compound psilocybin for medical research and medicinal purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 12. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start of 2023 and has risen 22-fold over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 35. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals, a third of the number completed in the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600 people on National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list and a further 250,000 people waiting for diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 67. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a professor of palliative medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a welcome step, but is still not working for many patients; if he will immediately publish a long-awaited review into the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: For clarity, if a person accompanied somebody else to Switzerland, in this instance to Dignitas, could that person be prosecuted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: My second question related to a legal challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have a caveat to that question. Again, this is a hypothetical scenario. If the Oireachtas was to legislate for assisted dying, according to Ms Woods, the court could challenge that decision made by the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: It was 2020.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: A fundamental question that we have been talking about here and elsewhere is the right to life. That is a fundamental right, but I believe, and others believe, that there is also a fundamental right to have a say over one's life, particularly if one is coming to the end of one's life. When people come to the end of their life, they have fundamental thoughts in their mind as to how their...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes the principle of this Bill but many will ask why it took so long to ban the sale of these products to under-18s. It is hard to believe that we are only introducing legislation now because vape products have been around for more than a decade. Questions have to be asked about that. There is no doubt that tobacco companies are luring young people in particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome everybody to this first meeting of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying. It is a very important and profound debate that is worth having in a public forum. We are finally having it after a number of years. The benchmark for me was ten years ago, when Marie Fleming brought a case against the State in relation to her own situation. We should always be cognisant of those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been one high-profile case relating to Bernadette Forde and Gail O'Rorke, and Ms O'Rorke was acquitted.