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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 799. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1051 of 24 February 2021, if the formal pricing and reimbursement assessment of xonvea has been completed and will be added as a first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if there are plans to licence the drug cariban; if not, the process by which drugs obtain a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish to discuss the pension scheme of workers in CIÉ. A ballot was taken in June 2020 on changes to the regular wages scheme, a deal that would have seen modest increases in weekly pension incomes. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, stated last year and earlier this year that he would sign a statutory instrument to bring those increases for retired workers into effect....

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I want to start on a positive and realistic note. The past 18 months have been pretty horrific for working people in this State. The pandemic has shown us that ordinary working people keep everything functioning, whether that is bringing us to work or looking after us in hospital. Those working people want a dividend, not just on a personal note but also a societal note. That is what...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreements for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his views on whether due to the fact that section 56 and 59 workers fall under a different Departmental funding stream...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that based on the population number living in the catchment area of Tallaght University Hospital, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be 20 neurology nurse specialists employed in the neurology department and that there are currently 3.5 nurses; his plans to increase the level of...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their statements. The last 18 months have been a significant challenge for everybody, especially for addiction and community services. Those who were in the throes of addiction prior to the pandemic would have found the last 18 months extremely difficult. I am sure that people found themselves addicted to something that they were not addicted to before the pandemic...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have to say I found some of the contributions slightly depressing. I mean no disrespect to people but some of their views are quite out of date. There are myriad views on regulation or deregulation but, at the moment, and this cannot be disputed, we have a situation where all the drugs we speak about are illegal to have and possess. Can anybody say to me, with a straight face, that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which centres of excellence are constituted in relation to oncology services in public hospitals; the criteria that has to be satisfied before a hospital or health facility is deemed a centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 607. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent oncologist will be in place at St. James’s Hospital following the retirement of the previous specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State-funded mental health services in an area (details supplied); the number of mental health workers and professionals employed in these services; if he will provide information regarding the increases and decreases in the available mental health services in the area over the past three years; if he will provide waiting list numbers for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the national action plan against racism. [48559/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Asylum Seekers (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an independent inspection regime of accommodation centres for asylum applicants will be established. [48557/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase funding for childcare services to make services affordable for all. [48555/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes to applications will be opened. [48558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 363. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability, on an annual basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48744/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by county for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the reason assessors are not asked to provide a diagnosis under the new standard operating procedure for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, given the Act requires the nature and extent of the disability to be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48746/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the mean and median time required to complete assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 for 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48747/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I probably will not. We will see how it goes.

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I do not normally take ten minutes. Less is more, as they say. I welcome to the debate today with regard to the national Youth Justice Strategy 2021–2027. It is a good document but as with any document, its implementation is the most important thing. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, on the community approach regarding the misuse of scrambler motorbikes in...