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An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: We all know where we will be in six months; we will be on the other side of a general election. That is the reason this amendment has been tabled. I am disappointed that Fianna Fáil has said it will support the Government amendment. It is saying the same thing, namely, people have a right to health but not yet. The time has come to make that an absolute right for everyone in our...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte), 2019: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: As Deputy Ó Caoláin has said, Sinn Féin will give the Bill our wholehearted support and would like to compliment Deputy Harty on bringing forward this proposal to put healthcare into the Constitution as a fundamental right that people deserve in life. There should be a structure in society to keep people healthy. One of the founding documents of democracy was The Republicby...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: When it comes to the political differences between the Minister and l, they are probably most acute when it comes to private healthcare. We see legislation of this sort every year and with each year we are reminded of the body of work that progressive parties have ahead of them to address the imbalance in healthcare and remove private healthcare from public hospitals. The question of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: As the Taoiseach knows, the establishment of the divisional protective services units is one of the reforms provided for in the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland report. These units were established to provide a consistent and professional approach to the investigation of sexual crime, human trafficking, child abuse and domestic abuse. Last week, the Minister for Justice and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: Earlier this month, over 1,000 Irish citizens published an open letter calling on the Taoiseach to establish a citizens' assembly to discuss the island's shared future. The signatories noted the Government's responsibility to ensure the democratic wishes and rights of Irish citizens are respected and protected regardless of where they live on the island. The essence of the letter is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: Why did the Deputy called for it to be collapsed?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I am just-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: We see it in the media and everywhere. It sets a dangerous precedent to say that certain parts of any city have a particular problem. While they may have, the people who live there are not the problem; the problem is a scourge on these communities. We need to spell that out.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: The latest withdrawal of HSE funding will result in the loss of community-participation projects and a successful wrap-around project that was established in recognition of the importance of community engagement in addressing issues of addiction. Core to the problem in many of these places is the high level of addiction.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I listened carefully to the Taoiseach's remarks on the north east inner city initiative. One would think everything is working very well on the ground. He referred to several projects. For example, he stated that work is commencing on Fitzgibbon Street Garda station. How many years has hoarding been up around that station? It has taken years to get it done. When there was an effort and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise the issue of mental health services, particularly in the north west. I refer to the issue of NGOs that provide counselling services. In my area there is an organisation called North West STOP. There are many other such organisations around the country and they cannot get any funding from Government at all unless they are national organisations, yet many of the national...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the brief of an investigation (details supplied) into the payment of protection money to cover other building projects since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish the two outstanding commissions of investigation which were recommended by the final report on the independent commission of inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights in March 2006; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date for the finalisation of the policy on the new inspection process for compliance with the national standards for accommodation of persons in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48965/19]

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: The Bill does not seek to privatise the quota.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: It would be a community quota.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: We are not talking about privatising the quota but about ring-fencing part of it.

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: It is in the strategy, and that is exactly what we need to do. My point is that this legislation feeds directly into that strategy and into how to do this if we can do it properly. The big stumbling block we have is that the Minister and the Department say this is in breach of EU legislation and that we cannot do it because it is illegal. However, and as others have pointed out, the...

Report on Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Motion (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I thank the committee, its Chairman, Deputy Pat Deering, and its staff for the work that has been done. The report is an excellent piece of work and it sets out many of the issues we expected to come out. I thank Deputies for their contributions to the debate. In truth, the Minister's response is somewhat disappointing. I acknowledge that he wrote to me. Given that others who have had...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: I wish to raise the issue of the swine flu vaccine and the case in the courts yesterday. I received an email from a young woman in my constituency yesterday in respect of this. She explained what is happening very well. She stated that the Minister for Health and the HSE settled a landmark case in which one lady, Aoife Bennett, sued both the State and the HSE, and both bodies have now...