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Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: Deputy Hourigan should go first.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Ms Coyle.

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I probably will not need all my time. These are slightly surreal circumstances. Normally, I would not moralise about attendance at debates, but this is pretty pathetic. It is a poor attendance from other Teachtaí, and that is a pity because this is an important subject. I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, and those in our party for their fantastic work on...

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: There are many things we cannot change in the past even though we would want to. The past is the past and the present is the present. For survivors of mother and baby institutions it was a deeply painful past. Mother and baby homes were institutions of the State and the Catholic Church. They were for "fallen women" to be banished and punished for the crime of having children out of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I, too, want to show our solidarity to the poor people who died crossing the English Channel in an absolutely awful situation. This pandemic has shown us many of the good and not so good things about this country. It has shown us who we are and where we want to go. It has brought out the best in our people. Collectively, we have responded to the call of social solidarity to watch out for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I acknowledge that. It is good for a society to have more capacity, beds and staff. It still does not answer my question of why more than 50% of people in Ireland have private health insurance. In general, people want good healthcare, whether private or public. The sentiments and patterns across the world are a public, universal one-tier health service such as exists in Britain under the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I did not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I never said we should outlaw private health insurance.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I will share an encounter I had today in the canteen in Leinster House. I spoke to one of the service officers who I had not seen in a considerable time. He said I could mention his name, John. I said I had not seen him in a while and he said that he had been very sick with Covid. It was very touch-and-go as to whether he lived or died. He lived, but he wants to say a big thank you to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I raise an issue that I have probably raised countless times in my five-and-a-half-year tenure here. It is about access to medicinal cannabis. I do not give the Taoiseach too many compliments, but I will give him one. I know he personally got involved in a number of cases in the past, which is to his credit, because this issue sometimes transcends politics. I have some good news. In the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: Sixteen years ago today, the then Minister for Health and Children, Ms Mary Harney, stated that a national emergency should be declared in relation to our accident and emergency units. Ms Harney stated at the time, it "is not acceptable to the public, not acceptable to me, and not acceptable to the HSE" but 15 years on, we have over 2,000 patients waiting on trolleys in our hospitals and, in...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: It is in everybody's interest that the environment we live in is sustainable and that we can cohabitate with the natural world and the animal world. That is in all our interests given the damage done to, and the potential damage that will be inflicted on, this planet. We have come across environmental and social issues in the last seven or eight years where young people have engaged. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: My question relates to the State policy that has led to 25 years and more of failure in respect of those in society who take drugs. We need to have a grown-up conversation about this. The Taoiseach spoke at a meeting of the CityWide Drugs Crisis Campaign last week. The figures are pretty sombre, to say the least. In the past 25 years, there has been a 225% increase in drug-related deaths....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the reason cancer patients at St. James’s Hospital were asked to attend the hospital recently for a Covid-19 booster vaccination but instead received an additional vaccination (details supplied) and were informed that they would be invited back in six months for a booster shot; the reason they received a vaccination card which showed that they had...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that since the introduction of S.I. No. 681/2019 - Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019 no enforcement cases have been brought by his Department to date; if a commitment will be given to establish a traceability and verification system to back up the regulations; and if he...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish to share time with Deputy Barry. I am not sure if we will use the entire 20 minutes. We will see how we go.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: Yes, ten and ten. I do not think I will use the whole ten minutes.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: This is very profound and complex legislation. Sexual crimes are a very important subject. Sexual violence of any kind is utterly hideous. Gender-based violence and toxic misogyny are reprehensible in any form but they exist and manifest and, unfortunately, they are on the rise in society. The profound effect on the victim is incalculable. For people who have been sexually abused or had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: Most of my questions have been answered at this stage but I welcome the Minister's statement and his attendance at the PDFORRA conference in October. Some of the claims in the radio documentary "Women of Honour" were deeply unsettling. There existed a culture of misogyny, bullying, discrimination and harassment. That culture went on for decades and targeted both women and men. People who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Gino Kenny: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of his engagement with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56574/21]