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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: How much of a factor is social class in oral health? There are, obviously, flaws in the medical card scheme. If access to dental healthcare is to be largely on a private basis, people in particular social class groupings are at a disadvantage in accessing that care.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is that rare?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is that normal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is it fair to say that children will probably only get one screening over the lifetime of their primary education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I was in school in the 1980s and I remember the dentist visited every year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: So none.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: That is bad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: My final question relates to the proliferation of dental treatment abroad. Obviously it is a very popular phenomenon, whether it is for cosmetic or other dental care. The big driver of that is the cost abroad, which is a fraction of the cost in Ireland. Are our guests worried about the proliferation of this new phenomenon of dental healthcare abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: What can dentists do when somebody presents for treatment while suffering serious difficulties following dental treatment abroad?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (2 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 30. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is about saving money rather than patient safety and investing in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 56. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under control unless the opening of long-promised additional hospital capacity is fast-tracked and consultant posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has warned that his Department risks repeating the same regressive mistakes of the austerity years if it plans to move away from health service investment in order to prioritise savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19871/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I welcome the motion and thank Deputy Ó Broin for his continuing work on the ongoing crisis in housing. The cutting edge of the last general election was housing and it will also be the cutting edge of the upcoming general election. Housing has been the standout issue for many people. Some people are directly affected, perhaps because they are in a situation of homelessness and just...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the weight limit for HGVs that weigh more than 7.5 tonnes is being implemented to protect such vehicles coming into towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans by her Department to increase public funding to League of Ireland academy development to support investment into development of youth football in Ireland, as currently Ireland lags behind the rest of Europe with only ten full-time academy staff and youth development is inadequate in regard to local community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: My first question is on the elective care programme. How many people are on some form of waiting list at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: On the elective care programme, which is a good concept, what is the average waiting time for a surgical procedure in the surgical hubs? On average, what is the waiting time for a surgical procedure in these hubs? People contact our office about surgeries that are sometimes not for four or five years. That is not a good timeframe. The concept of the hubs is to address capacity and waiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Has any of this been delayed by the recruitment embargo in the past 18 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I think I flagged this already with the Department of Health. My next question is about an extensive report by the Health Research Board on the future of the medical cannabis access programme. The MCAP is a good concept but only 55 patients have had access to medical cannabis since it was conceived. That is a very small number of people who can get access via prescription. A clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (8 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: The HRB report is very extensive, running to more than 200 pages. It recommends that the programme be expanded, particularly to neuropathic pain for which there is quite good evidence. A tiny number of people - 55 - have got access to medical cannabis over four years. The whole idea of the programme was to give people access rather than people having to go to the black market, which is...