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Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: I commend Sinn Féin on this very important motion. We have debated for a considerable amount of time over the period I have been in this House the issue of disability services for children. From my point of view and that of my colleagues, we have always tried to be constructive rather than destructive and tried not to make politics of it. It is sometimes difficult not to make politics...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to including Covid-19 community swabbers in the full €1,000 payment to frontline healthcare workers in view of a number of reasons (detailed supplied); if he will acknowledge that these workers adequately fit the criteria for those eligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and the detail of Ireland’s non-lethal aid to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: Given the extraordinary number of Covid cases in the past week and the statement by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation calling for the reintroduction of mask-wearing in crowded settings to ease the pressure on our public health service, will the Government review the decision it made earlier this month on ending the mandate of mask-wearing in public settings, namely, in retail outlets...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the Medical Cannabis Access Programme clinical review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15393/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank all of the witnesses for their views on doctor retention in the public health service, which is a very important issue. I will ask some very practical questions. How many students qualify as doctors every year in Ireland? I had to look up the term "NCHD". It means non-consultant hospital doctor, just for clarity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is that the figure every year? Would the mean per year for the past decade be around that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: Of the 725 graduates, how many would stay in the Irish health system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: Therefore, there could be a circumstance where 35% or 40% of newly qualified doctors would emigrate? That would be possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: It is more than 50%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: On yearly pay for a newly qualified doctor, what is the average pay for a doctor who goes into the Irish public health system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: In relation to the medical profession, when one hears stories on newly qualified doctors and long hours, work conditions that are extremely challenging and the responsibility of being a doctor, it is kind difficult to comprehend that a doctor - a human being - is sometimes working more than 100 hours per week. This is a very challenging position. To take the example of another job, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, they are working much more than that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: As I said, a doctor is in a very responsible position, but he or she is forced to work much more than 48 hours per week. Why is it allowed to happen? That is the question. I am sure Dr. Humphries and the doctors' union have an answer to that. This seems to be a continuous situation where doctors are burnt out. I know that a newly-qualified doctor needs experience, but there is experience...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses. That was very informative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Hospital Doctor Retention and Motivation Project: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: I have a final question. If the Australian system of a set number of hours was implemented in the Irish public health system, I believe we all agree that would be a very good thing for doctors. However, what knock-on effect would it have if it was implemented in the next six months?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details in tabular form of Ireland’s procurement of military equipment from Israel between 2019 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13468/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland’s defence spending into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (10 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on recent engagements he has had with his European Union counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the military and other equipment and supplies that Ireland is intending to give to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/22]