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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Navigation Orders (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of media reports that aircraft carrying weaponry from the US to Israel are continuing to fly through Irish airspace; the action he has taken to end such flights since this first came to light in August 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42108/24]

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: There is a point of order here. Is it possible for somebody other than the Chair or the Vice Chair to move a motion? I say this on the basis that I was the proposer of the motion. This is the first I have heard of this, with no disrespect to Deputy Nolan.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I was the Vice Chair.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I move: That Dáil Éireann shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying entitled "Final Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 21st March, 2024. I thank everybody on the committee who was involved in this. It was a very thorough committee on a complex issue, but it was well worth...

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yes, the Deputy is wrong.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I am willing to give Deputy Ó Cuív a few minutes of my time. I have ten minutes and will not use all of it, if he would like three or four minutes.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I probably will not use all of my time. It was a good debate and a reflection on the report itself. There are different views on this issue. Unfortunately, Deputy Tóibín, who is not present now, conflated the issue of assisted dying and suicide. That is extremely unhelpful in terms of this issue and those who do that do so deliberately. I want to put on the record that I am...

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yes I know, that is why I will finish early.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I will conclude in 20 seconds and then will let Deputy Lahart speak. Is that okay?

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: This is a complex issue and I hope it is not a divisive issue. I hope it can be legislated for in the next Dáil and I also hope to come back and push this issue. If I am not lucky enough to get back in, then hopefully somebody else will. However, I really believe that assisted dying will be legislated for in Ireland within the next number of years. It is inevitable that will...

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I have said it all.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I would like to push for a division for next Wednesday.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Proposed Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is planning draft legislation relating to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make an apology on behalf of the State to the families of the children killed and injured by an army shell in the Glen of Imaal in April 1979. [42106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has plans to bring forward legislation relating to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware of the recent findings that tampons contain measurable concentrations of heavy metals, including lead, as reported in international studies; and if so, what immediate actions will be taken to assess the safety of menstrual products sold in Ireland. [41143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Government has conducted or plans to conduct any independent studies to assess the presence of heavy metals in menstrual products available on the Irish market, given recent international findings. [41144/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being put in place to ensure that menstrual products, including tampons, meet safety standards in relation to chemical contaminants, such as heavy metals, in Ireland. [41145/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether there are current regulations and safety standards specifically addressing the presence of heavy metals in menstrual products; and if these standards align with recent international research findings. [41146/24]