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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress of the commission of the future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24872/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: Over the past eight days, the state of Israel has rained terror and murder on the people of Gaza. In those eight days, more than 200 people have been killed, including 60 children, murdered for doing nothing, murdered because they were Palestinian. The world is watching while the state of Israel conducts collective punishment against the Palestinian people on occupied lands. When is the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: Will the Government expel the ambassador?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [26515/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to say this Bill addresses enormous problems in the care of older people in Ireland but it does not really address the profound problems we have in that provision. The past 15 months have exposed the inadequacies of the model of residential and long-term elderly care in Ireland, particularly around staffing levels, medical expertise, resources including personal protective equipment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Ms Hegarty and Mr. Jones for this fascinating debate on ventilation. How long does Ms Hegarty think we will be wearing masks in settings, particularly public transport and workplaces? The guidelines for the lockdown will be eased in time but could we still be wearing masks on public transport in a couple of years' time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: My last question is on Ms Hegarty's statement where she said concerning the number of deaths that people "were infected in fewer than 0.03% of all buildings", which equated to 667 buildings. As we know, half of the deaths that took place in the South of Ireland were in nursing homes. How much of a factor was the lack of ventilation in residential nursing settings? How can we remedy the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (20 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date section 68M(a) of the Social Welfare (Covid 19) (Amendment) Act 2020 came into effect. [27203/21]

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Sinn Féin for proposing this motion and the NGOs that put the motion together. We have had many duels with the Minister in this Chamber about this matter. I have said that I do not doubt the Minister's sincerity in this regard; what I doubt is his policy of appeasing apartheid Israel. It does not work, and it never will. One cannot appease racists and murderers. Even today,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ states that the 1951 superannuation scheme is €800 million in debt when the trustees have confirmed it is 102% of the minimum funding standard. [27652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that CIÉ has not used contingent assets to repair the deficit in the 1951 superannuation scheme balance sheet as per the 1994 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that CIÉ’s property portfolio is only valued at €750 million or peppercorn value as per its 2019 financial statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place for students sitting the junior certificate in 2022 given that they lost 12 weeks from school in 2020 and only returned to school after Easter 2021; her views on whether these students have not been part of the conversation given that priority was given to leaving certificate students; the steps she will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing social care students who are working in care settings and also studying to use these qualifying paid work hours as required work placement hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27535/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the shared island unit of his Department. [26250/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: On supermarkets in particular, because they were one of the retail settings that happened to close during the pandemic, and shopping centres have been closed to a lesser degree, how well ventilated are supermarkets and shopping centres? There are certain shopping centres - I am not going to name the company - that do not have any windows whatsoever. How well-ventilated and safe are these...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I welcome the Minister's statement. Every time he makes a statement on the roll-out of the vaccine it is positive and we have this terrible pandemic on the retreat. I got my vaccine yesterday. It was a great experience in Citywest. I was a little emotional about it because the last 15 months have been extremely difficult for a lot of people in this country. There is a huge collective...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: 6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s policy in relation to the direct provision system; the timeframe for ending same; if he will report on recent comments in the media in relation to the issue and the programme for Government policy on direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: My question refers to the commitment in the programme for Government to phase out direct provision. As the Minister will know, direct provision has existed in this country for more than 20 years. What was meant to be a temporary solution has become permanent, with devastating consequences for those in direct provision. I would like to hear the Minister's answer to this questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I welcome the Government's commitment to phase out direct provision, which as I have said previously, has been a cruel system for those seeking sanctuary in Ireland. When they came to Ireland, they were given sanctuary but in a system of direct provision that sometimes lasted for up to seven to eight years. It is good that it is being...