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Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 80%.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: They are not going to go away.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Far from it.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes. I thank the Chair.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Exactly. We hope it will change.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: My questions in on the pandemic recognition payment. That payment, which everybody welcomed, was to recognise the sacrifice that healthcare workers made during the pandemic. Thus far only two hospitals have paid the bonus to healthcare workers. It is incredible that this situation is continuing. Who is getting the payment is quite arbitrary and there is much frustration in regard to...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit largely welcome this legislation. There will be amendments and changes made on Committee Stage and, hopefully, at the end of that process, the legislation will be fit for purpose. This has been seven years or more in the making. Some references, for example, those relating to the lunacy laws, date back 140 years, which shows how antiquated this legislation is. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 Jun 2022)

Gino Kenny: 90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will fund an astro-turf pitch for a football club (details supplied). [28298/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Earlier, the National Traveller Mental Health Network held a protest outside the Dáil in respect of Traveller mental health. It held a similar protest five months ago. One of its main calls at the time was for a meeting with the Taoiseach. At today's protest, there was a sense of music and a sense of poetry but there was also a deep sense of hopelessness and despair within the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if it is now HSE policy to re-employ staff who have retired; if so, what are the implications for existing staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 48. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will take place; if he will provide the details of those who will sit on the review panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the impacts that a strike by an organisation (details supplied) will have on waiting lists and the number of patients on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved medical products that are now prescribable under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if he will provide the details of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if gluteoplasty is available on the public health system following bariatric surgery and weight loss. [26986/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Today, the HSE announced a good initiative for the reduction of harmful drug use at festivals. It is a good, progressive step. There is a major anomaly in what the Government has done previously compared with now. I do not think it has the stomach to tackle drug use in Ireland. The citizens' assembly on drug use has been delayed, nearly two years into the term of this Government, which is...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank all Members for their positive commentary on this important issue in the past two hours. I also thank the MLSA members in the Gallery for attending to hear what Teachtaí Dála from the Opposition and the Government are saying about their workplace. We again thank them for their continued work in their jobs. I will cut to the chase. If there was an anomaly in Deputies' pay...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — medical scientists carry out the same work as other scientist colleagues in hospital laboratories, but are paid on average eight per cent less, with fewer promotional opportunities and less support for training and education; — pay parity with clinical biochemists was awarded in 2001 following the Report of the Expert...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the proceeds of crime fund to support community projects will be a permanent initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26062/22]