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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli Ministry of Defence designating six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 957. To ask the Minister for Health if surrogacy will be included in the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 958. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 952. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been prescribed an approved MCAP medical cannabis product since the commencement of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 959. To ask the Minister for Health if he has consulted with or has plans to meet and invite input into the draft legislation from Irish families through surrogacy; his views on the fact that these families are dealing with the daily implications of the legal limbo they are living through in the absence of any legislation and are best placed to help inform legislation; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: This matter is not in the Minister's area but it is important to raise it in the House. Last month was breast cancer awareness month. Two weeks ago, this House heard statements on breast cancer and its prevalence. Screening was one of the main issues to emerge from the debate. At the moment, screening for women is provided at age 50 and beyond. There is growing international evidence...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: Most of the questions have been asked so I do not want to be repetitive. Senator Hoey mentioned the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. That passed through the Oireachtas in 2015, six years ago, and it has not been implemented. What is the knock-on effect of that? If it was implemented, what effect would it have on this legislation? This might have been answered but I would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any specific legislative amendment introduced to allow applications for driving licences by asylum seekers. [48556/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the bike to work scheme to those who are self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the timing of the branch closures by a bank (details supplied) by replicating the actions of the UK financial sector regulator which will mean the pausing of any closures during the current pandemic; his views on the fact that persons will be greatly impacted by the withdrawal of banking services in their locality at a most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 628. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the primary care centre proposed for the Collinstown site in north Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54517/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to raise an issue that I and other Deputies have raised countless times, namely access to medicinal cannabis. Many families and campaigners would have been joyous during the summer when the medicinal cannabis programme was to commence. Sadly I learned in a parliamentary question response today that not one patient has been given access to the programme thus far. That is a huge...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: A number of weeks ago, six human rights organisations were designated as terrorist organisations by the State of Israel. A number of these organisations receive funding from Irish Aid. The allegations made against them are extremely serious and are designed to smear anybody who stands against Israel's continued brutal occupation of Palestine. Israel will continue to do this with impunity...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a service (details supplied) and the housing assistance payment limits are fit for purpose considering the national policy of preventing homelessness; the new measures he plans to put in place to ensure that the number of persons in homelessness does not continue to increase; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new national housing strategy for disabled people will be published; if the strategy will move beyond the single strategy of decongregation and include the provision of supported living with targets and actual numbers in order that it can be monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 362. To ask the Minister for Health when the Winter Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions which will be implemented in the Winter Plan in the areas of managing Covid-19 cases in intensive care units, the flu, elective surgeries and non-elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the impact that the most recent spike in Covid-19 cases is having on the public health system; the measures to be taken in the Winter Plan and beyond to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 558. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the new legislation enacted recently will have on a fair deal scheme applicant who has been approved for the scheme but before they take up a bed in a nursing home their main primary residence is sold by their spouse; if the proceeds from the sale of the primary residence is not considered cash assets but rather is determined in a similar way as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to raise an issue relating to the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. The guidelines announced by the Government yesterday will have an knock-on effect, particularly for the entertainment industry. The PUP has been a lifeline for many workers over the past 18 months. Will the Government review the issue in respect of those who cannot get access to the PUP because of guidelines...