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

Gino Kenny: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding plans to approve the use of a Covid-19 vaccine details supplied) ; if negotiations in relation to obtaining the vaccine for distribution here are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26173/21]

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

Gino Kenny: 444. To ask the Minister for Health when public health restrictions will be lifted for amusement arcades in order that employees in this sector can return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by county for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assessors are not asked to provide a diagnosis under the new standard operating procedure for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 given that the Act requires the nature and extent of the disability to be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: 508. To ask the Minister for Health the mean and median time required to complete assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make publicly available the report he received from the HSE on visits in maternity units stating which hospitals are fully compliant with the national policy and which have yet to be fully compliant; the reason for the non-compliance in particular hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Gino Kenny: I will probably use three minutes. First, I commend the retired workers we met yesterday outside the gates of Leinster House. There was a whole plethora of workers from semi-State, State and the private sector. They gave their working lives, not only to their families and their companies, but to the State. These workers were well-organised, in the great spirit of the trade unionism....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to raise an issue in respect of the programme for Government, specifically the health-led approach to drug misuse outlined on page 50. Previous Governments have paid lip service to this issue. So much so, that thousands of people would still be alive had it not been for the lip service that Governments have paid to this issue. We have to take a different approach. The current...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I too would like to raise serious questions in regard to the "Prime Time" programme last night. There must be a public inquiry in regard to what happened in nursing homes last year in the interests of the loved ones and relatives and in the public interest. It is inevitable that that will happen. Vaccine roll-out is a logistical challenge. This country has been quite good in administering...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with parents and teacher representatives in the Clondalkin area of Dublin 22 to discuss the crisis in secondary school places for the coming academic year; her plans to accommodate children from the area who cannot access any of the secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34947/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional and total number of SNAs allocated to schools in the Clondalkin and Lucan catchment area for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34948/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I raise the matter of students who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, last year. There are now difficulties when they apply for SUSI grants. Some have had reductions in their grants, some have had their qualifying income completely disqualified and some have had to defer their courses. This is putting a lot of stress on students for September. What is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to change the way in which data on deaths in direct provision are collected by State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Agreements (7 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the right of the family members of EU citizens under EU Directive 2004/38/EC to accompany an EU citizen exercising their free movement rights in Europe includes the right to accompany an EU citizen to Ireland, in this case the spouse of the EU citizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36634/21]

Proceeds of Crime (Investment in Disadvantaged Communities) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I commend Sinn Féin on this important debate. We broadly welcome the Bill and anything that addresses the spoils of crime, which devastates individuals and communities. The proceeds that CAB seizes largely come from the illicit drugs trade. I have a different view than most as regards drugs policy, which is antiquated and does not work. Criminalising people for drug use is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any meetings or contact she has had with the Mental Health Commission on its concerns over the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36754/21]