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Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome our guests. This is a very important subject. It is good that we are having a conversation on this issue. When we speak about eating disorders, of which there is a full spectrum, we cannot do so if we do not talk about the society in which we live. There is a massive amount of pressure, particularly on young people, to look a certain way. That manifests in all sorts of ways....

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Where would a young person under the age of 18 who has an eating disorder be directed in an inpatient situation?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Where would an adult in that situation be directed? A number of facilities have been mentioned already. In general, however, where would an adult with an eating disorder go?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is there a situation where someone who goes to accident and emergency in order to access inpatient care would have to be sectioned? Has Ms Parsons ever heard of that situation?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: It obviously has happened.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: What happens in a situation where somebody completely refuses to eat? Is there a provision currently where somebody can be force-fed, for want of a better term? Are there situations whereby that can happen in a medical environment?

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I am guessing that it is quite a rare event that somebody who has an eating disorder goes so far down the road where he or she refuses all fluids and food.

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I have a question on Covid and eating disorders. We all have an idea why this has happened. Somebody who manifests an eating disorder sometimes does so because of control and because they have lost control due to something in their lives like a traumatic event. That manifests via someone refusing food, having low self-esteem and everything that goes with it. It is a highly complex issue....

Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I raise an issue that is very different from those we have just discussed. In two months' time, the Clondalkin Equine Club, which promotes urban horse ownership and equine education, will close. This is incredible because thus far the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has spent €800,000 building and funding the project. I cannot fault the Department whatsoever; it has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: The council said it will not do that.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Conflicts (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will update Dáil Éireann on the situation surrounding the Army Ranger Wing in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline Ireland’s plans for Defence Force funding and recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 215. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on Ireland’s contributions to the unfolding war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23594/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Union (12 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 216. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline Ireland’s current and potential future involvement in European Union defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this Bill, which is very topical in the context of workers trying to weather the current storm of inflation. It is up to the Government to determine whether it will legislate for a living wage, but the trade union movement also has a huge part to play in representing the one in five workers who find themselves in low-paid employment. Most of that employment is in hospitality,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the regulations in relation to non-surgical cosmetic treatments aesthetics; if his attention has been drawn to the proliferation of unregulated practices in the administration of these cosmetic procedures; the steps that he plans to take to regulate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: 817. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Lucan area has not been filled for some time which is impacting significantly on the population in that area including the lack of check-ups for newborn babies; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/22]