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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools by name and locality in an area (details supplied) that have been approved for delivery and construction; the stage of the planning process each is currently at in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8625/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank all the witnesses here today. The past two years have been completely unprecedented because of the pandemic. It is probably a time for reflection about how we treat our healthcare staff in hospitals and how public health is delivered. As the pandemic recedes, fault lines are re-emerging in society. The fault lines that have defined this country in the past number of decades have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: I agree that we have seen a glimpse of what could be during the pandemic, where there is no such thing as a two-tier health service. There is one health service that delivers for everybody. The majority of people in this country want to see that service provided for everybody, regardless of income. What is the composition of the Sláintecare programme board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: How many members are on the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: Could Mr. Watt name them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is there any member of any of the trade unions in the health service on the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: Why is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: I do not want to personalise this but the combined salary of Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt is over €700,000 per year. It is a colossal amount of money which equates to 18 nurses' annual salary. Do they think they are worth that colossal amount while people wait years, in some cases, for the most basic public health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank Deputy Lahart for letting me in.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: In light of the report in The Sunday Business Postin regard to governance of the HSE, it is incumbent on this House to have a wider debate on retention and recruitment in the overall health service. Many people who read that report were very concerned about the state of our public health services. We need a wider debate, not only in regard to that article but on the wider issue of retention...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 94. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland had the eighth highest incidence rate and fifth highest mortality rate for breast cancer in the European Union in 2020; if he will reduce the age for eligibility for breast screening from 50 to 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support broadening the range of products considered as suitable for use under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme in the context of the ongoing scientific review of cannabis for medical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding or supports are available from her Department for grants to study in other European Union member states. [7448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding or supports are available within the European Union for Irish citizens to study in another European Union member state. [7449/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of the proposed new second-level school at the site at a school (details supplied); the reason that in April 2013 the building unit of her Department confirmed that a new school would be built with an indicated completion by the 2016 to 2017 academic year with planning permission for the new school building...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 760. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of staff and resourcing for the national child and adolescent mental health service and the damage caused to children and adolescents by the consequent over and inappropriate medication of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 761. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of statistics from the HSE regarding the number of children who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 since December 2021 in the context of the high number of Covid-19 infections being reported in children during January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/22]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: This is certainly a detailed and technical Bill. There is a consensus that it will be supported and that disability services need to be reformed. The question is whether it will improve services for those who are in the disability services, their families and all of the workers who provide this very important service. The question is whether it makes the service better because it is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (10 Feb 2022)

Gino Kenny: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he raised issues relating to the human rights record of the Government of Saudi Arabia during his visit to that country in November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7064/22]