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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: One of the main elements of the report was not paying lip service to our approach but changing the legislation. The Taoiseach said criminalising people for possession of small amounts of drugs, no matter what the drugs are, is simply a waste of resources for the State. Whether people use drugs or not is irrelevant. The proliferation of drugs and availability of drugs is widespread. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will comment on Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: My question concerns the ongoing situation in the West Bank. As we have witnessed, it is not just since October 2023 that there has been an upscaling of oppression in the West Bank so I would like to hear the Tánaiste's comments on what is happening.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: That is welcome. There seems to be intensification of the oppression in the West Bank. Of the 358 people who have been murdered by Israelis, 100 were children. What have they done to the Israeli state? Some of the footage is unbelievable - children on streets just being shot dead. It is arbitrary. It is not just a policy of arbitrary detention, arbitrary killing and arbitrary...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: I agree. Settler violence against Palestinians has intensified. This is a policy of the Israeli government to drive Palestinians from land and to use intimidation and violence against Palestinians. This is ongoing. However, there must be accountability. One of the schools mentioned by the Tánaiste, in a village called Khirbet Zanuta, was funded by Irish Aid and was completely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there compensation that the Israelis-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: Earlier this week, the Health Research Board, HRB, published a report on the future of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP. It is an extensive report of over 220 pages. While it addresses the limitations around medical cannabis, it endorses expanding the programme, particularly for people with nerve pain and neuropathic pain. Thus far, the MCAP has been extremely restrictive, with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned about a potential Chinese offensive action against Taiwan; if the Government intends to intervene on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will comment on the Government's engagement with the Chinese Deputy Leader, specifically in the context of human rights abuses in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to attend the St Patrick's Day engagements in the United States; if he intends to boycott engagement with officials of the US administration for its role in arming Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (25 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work of his Department in the resumption of beef exports to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2801/24]

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputies Murphy and Boyd Barrett. I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, for its assistance with this Bill. Even though it is a very short Bill, the office did a lot of work to determine its permissibility and found it legally permissible under many stipulations of law, including European law....

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank colleagues for their contributions. This discussion has been a little more progressive than the debate in the House 11 years ago on a similar proposal. I completely disagree with some of the views expressed. An argument that has always really annoyed me is that cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs. That is absolute rubbish. When people talk about harder drugs, they are referring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to address the need for another secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin and to examine the population growth in Newcastle and predicated population growth to ensure second level education is provided to all in this community. [4409/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It seems odds that there is no registry or a collection of data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is extraordinary that such a register is not in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there any reason?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Do other jurisdictions in the European Union, for example, have a registry?