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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the contracts entered into for the purchase of PPE and medical equipment as part of the Covid-19 response in 2020; the amount spent; the contracting companies that the HSE bought the PPE through; if any of this PPE was unused; if so, if it is currently in storage; the amount being spent on storage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for reimbursing the cost of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system for children and young persons with type 1 diabetes while excluding adults; his views on whether while it is welcomed that children and young persons will have access to this important tool in monitoring glucose levels, the significant cost of €120 per month for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to reverse the decision to cut 300 intern doctor posts at a time when the greatest ever need exists for increased resources both during and post-Covid-19 and the pressure to clear unprecedented waiting lists; his views on whether this proposed reduction will leave 300 newly qualified doctors who have been educated to a...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish to start with the positive news in the Minister's statement regarding nursing homes. It lifts the country's heart to see the effect of the vaccine roll out in nursing homes. Covid-19 has had a terrible effect on people in the nursing home setting so the progress there is very welcome. We are at a crucial stage in terms of the next quarter and the vaccine roll out. I wish to ask...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: I refer to the roll-out of the vaccine in the European Union and the European vaccine policy programme. At the moment it is playing out like a bad soap opera for countries that want to get access to the vaccine. Other European countries, namely, Hungary, France and Germany, have looked beyond the framework to acquire vaccines from China or Russia. Has the Government explored going outside...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everyone for their opening statements. I refer to medical cards for life-limiting conditions. It is very welcome that the clinical advisory group recommended that those with 24 months or less would have access to medical cards. I also commend John Wall who has campaigned on this tirelessly for years. He has done amazing work for those who find themselves in this situation. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: Mr. Ryan could probably answer my second question, which is on the primary care reimbursement service. I am not sure if anybody can answer it, but hopefully somebody can. It relates to those who have been granted a ministerial licence for medical cannabis products. My experience from working with families trying to reimburse under ministerial licences has been extremely arbitrary and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 857. To ask the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to work with his counterpart and others in the Netherlands to facilitate the inclusion of the products of a company (details supplied) in the list of prescribed products for those eligible for treatment under the forthcoming medical cannabis access programme; his views on whether the availability of the products would allow for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 925. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens who availed of the EU cross-border directive in the past four years; and the breakdown by year of the number of Irish patients who availed of the directive in all EU jurisdictions combined. [16604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 926. To ask the Minister for Health the number of EU cross-border directive applications that have never been finalised or completed; and the breakdown by year for the past four years. [16605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 927. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of medical treatment in other EU countries who were refused a refund under the cross-border directive by the HSE; and the breakdown by year for the past four years. [16606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1027. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria the HSE used when distributing vaccines to general practitioner clinics to decide which clinics received the vaccine first; and if it was alphabetical or based on other criteria. [16890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1028. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay regarding general practitioner clinics that did not receive vaccines supplies on time will alter or affect future deliveries of vaccines to those clinics. [16891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the stress, anxiety and uncertainty that pregnant women and their partners continue to experience as a result of public health restrictions during the pandemic; if he will ensure that maternity services are prioritised during any talks regarding the easing of restrictions in order that those who are pregnant can be accompanied and...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry, with three minutes for me and three minutes for him.

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish to touch on the positive aspects of the Minister's statement because we are all anxious for the programme to succeed and that is the imperative. The positive aspect to the vaccination programmes in nursing homes in particular is very important as there is a sense that we are getting on top of this. My main question to the Minister relates to the recruitment of vaccinators. There...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I do not doubt the bona fides of the Minister of State on this issue. In the time I have known her, I have found her to be a genuine person. However, the RTÉ programme last week holds ups very serious questions in regard to trust and confidentiality for the children and families trying to access special needs provision. At this point in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to reopen the gay men’s health service based at the Meath primary care centre which has been closed for over a year; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the clinic is one of the busiest sexual health services and the only one specifically serving LGBTQ+ persons and is the only public sexual health service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Glynn and his team for their opening statement. It gives many people hope with regard to the public health emergency through which we are all living. It also contains a note of caution. That is also welcome, because we are living in times when things can go wrong. I wish to ask Dr. Glynn about this note of caution and hope, particularly in the context of the next six weeks....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: National Public Health Emergency Team (13 Apr 2021)

Gino Kenny: My second question relates to the AstraZeneca vaccine and the recommendations by the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC. What does Dr. Glynn think the consequences of the overall vaccine roll-out are in terms of the interruption of the recommendations by NIAC?