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Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I will give the final word to Dr. Healy.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Healy. That concludes the meeting on a very good note. I thank the members and especially the witnesses for their contributions. We had a very good conversation. Let us see what happens in the time ahead when the committee finalises its work. I thank the witnesses for their time. I also thank the staff here.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Ms Kearney for that statement. I invite Mr. Mullins to give his opening statement.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 26. To ask the Minister for Health the reason many children with scoliosis continue to suffer while they are left waiting indefinitely for essential life-changing surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39363/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE’s 2024 pay and numbers strategy has resulted in many health service posts being eliminated and that this is causing immense problems across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 46. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe operational difficulties the HSE’s 2024 pay and numbers strategy has caused across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the three main hospital waiting lists may increase by over 74,700 by the end of 2024 if current trends continue, an increase of 11% compared with the start of the year, and that the HSE’s 2024 waiting list targets are increasingly unlikely to be met; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 59. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been progressed; the current status of the programme; and when he plans to publish the findings. [39362/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: This budget is certainly not about the lack of money. There is a lot of money washing around at present. The level of surplus in the financial coffers of the State is probably unprecedented. It probably even got better for the Government when €13.8 billion landed on its table, even though the Government spent €10 million trying not to get it. It is a very good day for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 5. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39160/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: My question is about the provision of childcare in the State. This is a burning question for the upcoming general election and has been for the last number of decades, related to childcare provision becoming unaffordable for many parents. What measures has the Government taken in terms of increasing childcare provision in the State?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: We acknowledge there has been progress in terms of childcare provision but we also acknowledge the disparate nature of childcare in the State where the majority of childcare provision is privatised. The Scandinavian model is a better model as it is publicly funded and childcare provision is essentially free. That is a better model than the disparate nature of what we have at the moment....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: In terms of cost, childcare for some families is costing over €1,000 per month and that is cheap in some ways. That is a huge cost which is almost like a mortgage. What would the Minister consider a manageable fee if there is still a model where parents have to pay? Those costs should not be accepted. They are crippling for parents. While there are community-based crèches...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their statements. My first question is on the recruitment embargo. Obviously, this embargo lasted for a year and had a detrimental effect on the health service. Would I be right in saying that the pay and numbers strategy is almost a continuation of the embargo but just with a different name? If that is the case, and it seems to be the case where there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: On the pay and numbers strategy, it seems like a funny name given to an instrument that is basically enforcing the embargo. Will the witnesses simplify it for the likes of me and those who are listening in? What actually is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Staffing Levels in HSE: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, the pay and numbers strategy is going down like a lead balloon with the unions. I have a final question and it is probably to Ms Ní Sheaghdha. On the public health nurses, this is a very acute issue in CHO 7. I am going to focus in on CHO 7, Clondalkin and Lucan, where there are no public health nurses whatsoever. I asked a parliamentary question recently, and the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicant refugees that are currently without accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39158/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a publicly owned childcare service in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39159/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Oct 2024)

Gino Kenny: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how he intends to respond to the recent High Court ruling declaring that the State's failure to meet the basic needs of international protection applicants experiencing homelessness is a breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38179/24]