Results 1-20 of 854 for speaker:Gino Kenny in 'Dáil debates'
- Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)
Gino Kenny: Yes and I do not think I will be heckled.
- Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)
Gino Kenny: I hope not. Will the Ceann Comhairle give me some extra time? This will take about five minutes.
- Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)
Gino Kenny: As a care assistant for the past 16 years, the best education I ever got in life was working with the wonderful people I was lucky enough to care for. Sometimes the people in my care were coming to the end of their lives, while others were beginning a long and arduous journey of convalescence and rehabilitation. This gratifying work and life experience, making a positive contribution to...
- Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)
Gino Kenny: I am glad we are having this debate because no family in Ireland has not been affected by mental health issues. Our sense of mental well-being and contentment is one of the most important attributes that we have in society. Since the economic crisis in 2008, however, austerity has wreaked social havoc. It is not only bad for one's pocket or job prospects but for one's physical and mental...
- Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: If there is one thing we can all agree on, it is that climate change is a clear and present danger. Though it may seem abstract and far away at times, climate change increasingly brings reality home to everyone's lives, with heavy rainfall, storms and floods causing distress and dislocation in people's lives. In her book, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein points out that the natural...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: I was elected by the people of Dublin Mid-West as a voice against the ideology of austerity. Austerity seeks to punish collectively the working people of this country for the greed of a few. That few, who caused financial and economic chaos, thought they had got away with the perfect robbery. They almost did, until the people of Ireland rose up against the imposition of water charges....
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: It will be difficult.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: I will not be able to say it all in just two minutes. I need four or five minutes.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: Could I give the shortest speech probably ever heard in the Dáil?
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: That is just too little.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: I thank Deputy Sherlock very much. Deputy Sherlock will need a doppelganger.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: We are all God's children, as the saying goes.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: It is with great pleasure that I support this motion to abolish water charges and Irish Water, and to call for a referendum to safeguard water resources by securing them in public ownership. I am here today in no small part due to the historic water charges movement which demolished the Fine Gael Government's attempt to privatise the water service. From the beginning, Fine Gael shaped...
- Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Egypt; the reason for the delay in the person's release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/16]
- Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: As the Minister knows, Mr. Halawa has been in prison for the last 1,000 days, which is over three years, without trial. His continuing mistreatment is completely unacceptable and is causing his family untold stress. While there are probably moves going on in the background by the Government to try to get Mr. Halawa released, at this stage the Taoiseach needs to intervene and talk to his...
- Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister. What is worrying is Egypt's diabolical justice system. Currently, 492 individuals are awaiting a mass trial and Ibrahim is one of them. Even the EU has rightly criticised Egypt's record on selective justice because it is slightly archaic. I understand the Government is trying to do its best to free him but I reiterate that if there is no conclusion by the end of June...
- Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for detailed information on the trade in goods and services between Ireland and Israel including restrictions on such trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/16]
- Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: By any stretch of the imagination, Israel is not a normal state. Its very existence was born out of brutality and racism. As such, we should treat it as an abnormal state. People might be surprised by how much trade we do with Israel, particularly in the arms industry. Since 2005, Ireland has spent €15 million on military imports from Israel and has sold €6.5 million of...
- Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)
Gino Kenny: I should be allowed to reply.
- Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)
Gino Kenny: It is good we are having this debate because this issue affects everybody, regardless of who they are and where in the country they live. The perpetual crisis of our health system mirrors the glaring inequalities of society in Ireland today. According to public health experts, health outcomes and our general well being are deeply affected by inequality in income and inequality in access to...