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Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a final question, which may have been answered when I was absent. It relates to the volume of interactions for those who called the Samaritans over the past 18 months. Was the volume of calls and interactions higher in comparison to pre-pandemic times in regard to people getting in touch with the organisation?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: What would the typical caller want to talk about? There is probably no typical conversation but what was the general narrative in the past 18 months?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their amazing work in regard to the non-judgmental listening exercise that their organisation does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I am in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to be precise. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. Everyone will agree that the past number of weeks have been bad for the concept of universal healthcare, that is, Sláintecare. Regardless of whether that is down to internal or external factors, members of the advisory committee have asked serious questions of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I will quote a sentence from the end of Professor McCarthy’s resignation letter. She wrote: "However, recent information and my own experiences tell me we are no nearer to the required reform than we were six years ago." That is not fabricated. It is coming from someone who was spearheading Sláintecare. It must be taken seriously if a person who has been leading the charge is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Given the Minister's statement today, I do not disbelieve there is change. Nobody listening to today's events and previous events will doubt there is change. How fast that is going is the question. We all want universal healthcare. We want a system that ends the two-tier health system. What is the current position on reform with regard to private healthcare in public hospitals? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Is there a timeframe, particularly for that concept of removing private healthcare from public healthcare?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which centres of excellence are constituted in relation to oncology services in public hospitals; the criteria that has to be satisfied before a hospital or health facility is deemed a centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 607. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent oncologist will be in place at St. James’s Hospital following the retirement of the previous specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-funded mental health services in an area (details supplied); the number of mental health workers and professionals employed in these services; if he will provide information regarding the increases and decreases in the available mental health services in the area over the past three years; if he will provide waiting list numbers for...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to start on a positive and realistic note. The past 18 months have been pretty horrific for working people in this State. The pandemic has shown us that ordinary working people keep everything functioning, whether that is bringing us to work or looking after us in hospital. Those working people want a dividend, not just on a personal note but also a societal note. That is what...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreements for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his views on whether due to the fact that section 56 and 59 workers fall under a different Departmental funding stream...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that based on the population number living in the catchment area of Tallaght University Hospital, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be 20 neurology nurse specialists employed in the neurology department and that there are currently 3.5 nurses; his plans to increase the level of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish to discuss the pension scheme of workers in CIÉ. A ballot was taken in June 2020 on changes to the regular wages scheme, a deal that would have seen modest increases in weekly pension incomes. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, stated last year and earlier this year that he would sign a statutory instrument to bring those increases for retired workers into effect....

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their statements. The last 18 months have been a significant challenge for everybody, especially for addiction and community services. Those who were in the throes of addiction prior to the pandemic would have found the last 18 months extremely difficult. I am sure that people found themselves addicted to something that they were not addicted to before the pandemic...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have to say I found some of the contributions slightly depressing. I mean no disrespect to people but some of their views are quite out of date. There are myriad views on regulation or deregulation but, at the moment, and this cannot be disputed, we have a situation where all the drugs we speak about are illegal to have and possess. Can anybody say to me, with a straight face, that the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: The programme for government commits to exploring the potential for development of an industrial fibre sector using hemp. Two years ago in this building, one of the recommendations of Ireland's youth assembly was the development of the Irish hemp industry. Hemp has huge potential not only in regard to our climate but also for farmers. There is an unusual lacuna in the Misuse of Drugs Act...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: There is a contradiction in the law. The Health Products Regulatory Authority and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland say there is a limit of 0.2% of tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, whereas the Misuse of Drugs Act says it is 0%, so there is a contradiction.