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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I presume it would be rare that HIQA has to go to court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank everyone for sharing their testimony today. What we are talking about is a difficult thing to do. As a committee and as legislators, we are trying to grasp and understand the issue of assisted dying and hear each other. First, I want to remember some people who probably would have been here today. Brendan Clarke was meant to give testimony today but unfortunately he passed away...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for giving their testimony today. I want to speak about the impact of not legislating. We have seen the consequences of that. Garret's wife had to go to Belgium. Had Vicky Phelan been able to avail of assisted dying in Ireland, obviously it would have been easier or, let us say, less traumatic. There are other people in circumstances where this has not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does Mr. Wall or Mr. Curran want to comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I asked about the impact of not legislating.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community safety innovation fund will be extended next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43854/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: What future does the community safety innovation fund have? I understand it is in its infancy but could the Minister lay out its future over the next two to three years?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is very welcome that there is extra funding for this initiative. My only criticism is that it is not targeted as it should be. In areas which have been subjected to criminal activity by these gangs, one will find areas of deprivation where this manifests itself. The funding should be a bit more targeted with respect to these particular areas. It is welcome, however. It raises the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: A somewhat bigger question, which I am unsure if the Minister will be able to answer, is how to undercut criminal gangs in this country. Such gangs are largely profiteering and generating money through the drug industry. That is essentially what they are doing. Robbing banks is yesterday's kind of activity for criminal gangs. These gangs generate enormous amounts of money through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Mental Health Commission for its report, which is informative. To get a bit of clarity, my first question is on regulation. The third paragraph of the report from the commission states that 99% of services are not regulated under the 2001 Act. What does that mean in practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does that concern Dr. Hillery?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: How was that allowed to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does Professor Lucey think that the lack of regulation he referenced is at the heart of deficiencies in CAMHS in particular? I want to try to get to the heart of why we have-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is fair enough. Professor Lucey has made many orchestra metaphors because if one member of that orchestra is out of tune, everybody is out of tune. On the report, the terminology Dr. Finnerty uses regarding gaps in governance, at both corporate and clinical level, is alarming. When that is read first, alarm bells immediately start ringing. There have been huge deficiencies in...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am going to concentrate my time on all matters relating to health. The budget in regard to health has been very low key and quite bland. Normally, in my experience of budgets in these Houses, health budgets have been headline news regarding the level of provision and so forth, but this budget has not delivered on anything in the form of proposals relating, in particular, to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the replacement of prefabs at a school (details supplied). [43954/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide funding to replace the prefabs at a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency due to serious health and safety concerns for students and teachers. [43955/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department has taken in relation to recent industrial action at the Criminal Courts of Justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the circumstances around their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43850/23]