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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: That is fine. The change being made could be as easy as altering a name from "John" to "Seán". It could be as simple as that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: How much worry is there about potential fraud in respect of these change requests? How worrisome are situations where people's identities could potentially be compromised? Nothing is bulletproof and that could conceivably be done, so how concerned are the witnesses about the possibility of fraudulent certificates being issued and people's identities being compromised as a result?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. Lowry.

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for coming in today. It was a sobering commentary on Traveller mental health in the past 18 months. A situation that was dire prior to the pandemic has been exacerbated because of this terrible virus. I will maybe ask Ms McDonnell a question. Dr. Mick Ryan from the World Health Organization, WHO, addressed a Galway Traveller movement event last week. Dr. Ryan stated,...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: I agree with Mr. Reilly. We have had this conversation in regard to Traveller issues three or four years ago at the committee. It seems like a broken record. It is shocking to hear statistic relating to the numbers of suicides in the Traveller community. It is beyond words, sometimes, how this can be happening. The State and the authorities are essentially allowing it to happen. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: Ms Canavan in her statement said the discussion regarding third country passengers is ongoing. Take, for example, an Irish passport holder who is living in the United States, Canada, certain parts of the Middle East or anywhere else. If Irish people living abroad come back to Ireland, and in the context of the equivalency granted in this regard to Switzerland in July, what will the time...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend the use of CO2 monitors to intercity trains and provincial buses; his views on whether transporting persons over long distances for many hours has implications for CO2 levels and that passengers have no way of verifying the CO2 levels in enclosed spaces, some of which are essentially sealed units; his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1675. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to administer a vaccine (details supplied) to young persons with conditions, syndromes or illnesses who are particularly vulnerable should they contract the Covid-19 virus in view of his recent acknowledgement as good news that the European Medical Agency and others have approved the vaccine for use in the 12 to 15 year olds cohort; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1599. To ask the Minister for Health if all of the 270 families affected by the keeping of records by his Department in relation to possible litigation cases over services for children diagnosed with autism have been contacted by a liaison person and offered support; if not, the support he plans to offer those families who have not been contacted to date; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is now in a position to respond to persons by email and postal correspondence following the cyber-attack; if all families affected by the keeping of records in relation to possible litigation cases over services for children diagnosed with autism will be contacted by his Department in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2035. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that persons fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied) while travelling from Canada to the USA for an event were prevented from attending as the vaccine is not FDA approved; his views on the fact that this may cause significant issues for persons fully vaccinated with this vaccine in Ireland intending to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2188. To ask the Minister for Health if a person without transport with a debilitating respiratory condition requiring constant oxygen can be accommodated for their second vaccine in a centre located closer to them rather than a centre located further away in which they received the first vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2272. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list numbers for special education schools in each HSE CHO area. [37213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2273. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list numbers for special education schools by each local authority area in the CHO7 area. [37214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2274. To ask the Minister for Health the number of special education needs officers in the CHO7 area; and the population size each SENO is responsible for. [37215/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of special education needs officers in each CHO area; and the population size each SENO is responsible for. [37216/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2276. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time on a list for a child to obtain a place in a special education school; and the average waiting time of each CHO area. [37217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (27 Jul 2021)

Gino Kenny: 2277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address shortages of special education school places in the CHO7 area; and his plans to extend or build additional schools. [37218/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank NIAC and NPHET for all their work in the past 18 months. It has been a trying time for everybody in the country. In regard to Dr. Holohan's statement in relation to the future trajectory of this disease, we all know Covid-19 is evolving and unpredictable. At what point in the trajectory of the disease, if it goes on an upward spiral, will measures be reintroduced? What point do we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: If measures were reintroduced, what would those measures be? Obviously it is a hypothetical situation, but if that happened-----