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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. Hourihan for his opening statement. It paints a stark picture of oral healthcare. Anyone reading it would realise that the oral healthcare system is in a state of chassis. The witnesses can correct me if I am wrong, but the public oral healthcare system was in better shape 25 years ago than it is now. As Mr. Hourihan stated, that has a knock-on effect in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Is Dr. Robins talking about children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes, it is a very stark picture, to say the least. I want to ask a question about people who go to different jurisdictions to get cosmetic work done. We know a lot of people go to Turkey and other countries for extensive cosmetic dentistry work. They probably pay about one quarter of what they would pay in Ireland to get similar work done. The costs involved are much lower. If people can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Dr. Rymer mentioned that nine people have died. Was that generally to do with cosmetic surgery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Irish Dental Association Strategic Workforce Plan: Irish Dental Association (5 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Rymer. That was very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I want to clarify a remark I made at the start. I was not implying that the Senator Seery Kearney was scaremongering. There are those, however, who oppose assisted dying, for all sorts of reasons, who do go into the territory of scaremongering, but I was not saying the Senator was scaremongering. I just wanted to clarify this point. I do not at all doubt the bona fides of the Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am guessing the situations where this would happen would be unique. I refer to someone not having the physical ability to self-administer the drug. These would be unique circumstances, but I am sure such a situation could be accommodated. I think this happens in New Zealand. If people there cannot physically self-administer the medication, then they are helped by a physician. Again,...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I commend the Minister of State for quite a positive statement. There has been a new appreciation of nature and our country since the pandemic. Even prior to that, there was a new appreciation for our seas, land, rivers, streams, mountains, beautiful parks and surroundings and mountains, which is a very good thing. There are six national parks in Ireland, dotted across almost each corner...

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: God, yes. I meant to say that about ticks.

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes, the odd midge. No ticks-----

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: -----but we always have a lot of flies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank everyone for their statements this morning. In respect of what we have heard in the past five weeks, different countries have different rules around assisted dying. A small number of countries have an assisted dying framework. They are different to a certain degree as regards criteria and who can avail of assisted dying. However, generally where it has worked, it has worked for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: That legislation is thorough and progressive. It is revolutionary in some ways in relation to healthcare. Professor Madden touched on it. She put it eloquently when she spoke of people having control of their medical treatment. That gives clarity in that people could find themselves in a situation where they could refuse a medical intervention and so forth. That gives a sense of control....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Professor Madden.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Dr. Jones's statement is quite extraordinary. It says that those countries that have introduced assisted dying undermine the very foundation of an egalitarian, civilised society. Is Dr. Jones saying that New Zealand and Spain and some states of the United States are uncivilised because they have introduced assisted dying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I think Professor Jones's statement has crossed the Rubicon. It is obvious that he is diametrically opposed to assisted dying in any form and that is his prerogative. Regarding the unassisted suicide rates in the United States, where is his evidence for the statement that suicide rates have gone up in those states that have introduced assisted dying? As this is a serious allegation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Dr. Jones does not have it with him? Can he give me evidence now? If he is going to make a statement like that he had better be able to back it up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I could show the doctor another piece of evidence that shows that is not true. I think it falls flat on its face if Professor Jones is saying that in countries where a framework for assisted dying has been put in place, suicide rates go up. I think that is very flimsy evidence, to say the least. I just do not buy it. Those who are opposed to assisted dying always say that being a burden...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: Many people in direct provision centres have leave to remain. Some of them have of late received letters from international protection accommodation services, IPAS, telling them to leave the centre for a different part of the country. Some residents, particularly those in Clondalkin Towers, have important jobs and are being educated locally. It is extremely unfair to ask them to leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (12 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: 14. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his attendance at the European Council on 29 and 30 June 2023. [34013/23]