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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their statements. With regard to the opening statement of the IHF, there are 9,000 CVD deaths per year. How does that figure break down by gender? I am sorry; I am probably putting Mr. Macey on the spot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: I will come back to that. Social determinants play a very significant role in the overall health of a person. Poverty, access to healthcare, working conditions, lifestyle and stress are enormous factors. Taken together, how much of a role do all of these play in a person having a stroke or developing a cardiovascular disease?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: So, it is a very significant factor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: I would think it is probably the biggest factor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: In the past decade, smoking rates have decreased dramatically. That is obviously a factor in respect of cardiovascular disease. Has that increase in the percentage refraining from smoking been reflected in the figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: How will Croí's new mobile health infrastructure be rolled out?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: If that vehicle was outside in the car park now and one of us wanted to go into it, what would happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: Do these vehicles exist already in the HSE? Are there any such vehicles?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: That is a great idea. Has Mr. Macey found that very useful?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: I saw an advertisement a number of years ago when the NHS in Britain did checks in supermarkets, which are places many people frequent, and carried out a certain amount of screening and detection. Obviously, men in particular try to stay away from the doctor as much as possible. Getting into locations where men cannot shy away from being screened is very important as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: What could be detected in that mobile unit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: What would happen then? What would be the next step?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: That is very important. I thank the witnesses very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Gino Kenny: Do they have hearts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. Kearns and Mr. Dolan for their opening statements. Would they accept that there are a variety of opinions on this issue in the disability community? We have had witnesses at the committee who hold a variety of views on this. Would Mr. Dolan and Mr. Kearns accept that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: Right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: I have worked in the disability area and have spent a lot of time advocating for assisted living. Assisted living is extremely important, but I also am of the opinion that in specific circumstances a person should have a say and should be able to die on his or her own terms. As I have said many times before, in the vast majority of jurisdictions where assisted dying has been legislated for,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: What if we had all of that? I accept that there are huge deficits in the context of disability services. I understand this and most other people understand it as well, but conflating the issue with assisted dying is unhelpful. There is an element of scaremongering around conflating issues with assisted dying. It is unhelpful in the context of the larger debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: Of course. Life comes before death.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Engagement with People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2024)
Gino Kenny: No. They are complementary.