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Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Many people will be very alarmed by the news this week regarding substantial energy price increases of between €500 and €800. Coupled with that is the news about data centres using enormous amounts of electricity. The Minister of State can, therefore, understand that there is a sense of trepidation. Energy prices worldwide are rising for a variety of reasons. One reason is...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: What is that?

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: These are the facts. Many people will spend huge amounts of money on fuel because their houses are not energy efficient. Those are the facts, regardless of whether the Minister of State wants to dispute them. Another deciding factor is the deregulation of the energy market in Ireland. The ESB is an incredible company. It was a public utility but, in 2014, the Government, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I am in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to be precise. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. Everyone will agree that the past number of weeks have been bad for the concept of universal healthcare, that is, Sláintecare. Regardless of whether that is down to internal or external factors, members of the advisory committee have asked serious questions of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I will quote a sentence from the end of Professor McCarthy’s resignation letter. She wrote: "However, recent information and my own experiences tell me we are no nearer to the required reform than we were six years ago." That is not fabricated. It is coming from someone who was spearheading Sláintecare. It must be taken seriously if a person who has been leading the charge is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Given the Minister's statement today, I do not disbelieve there is change. Nobody listening to today's events and previous events will doubt there is change. How fast that is going is the question. We all want universal healthcare. We want a system that ends the two-tier health system. What is the current position on reform with regard to private healthcare in public hospitals? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: Is there a timeframe, particularly for that concept of removing private healthcare from public healthcare?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome in which the fair deal scheme has been approved but a spouse subsequently wants to separate and sell the family home; if the home can be sold in this instance; if so, the way that this will affect the approved scheme if after selling the home the person approved for the scheme uses his or her share of the proceeds of the sale to buy another...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for engaging with the committee and for their opening statements. The role of the Samaritans in this country over the past 50 years has been immense. The humility of the volunteers and their non-judgmental listening has had a major effect on those who seek the help of the Samaritans. It is testament to the Samaritans as well. There are probably hundreds, if not...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a final question, which may have been answered when I was absent. It relates to the volume of interactions for those who called the Samaritans over the past 18 months. Was the volume of calls and interactions higher in comparison to pre-pandemic times in regard to people getting in touch with the organisation?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: What would the typical caller want to talk about? There is probably no typical conversation but what was the general narrative in the past 18 months?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: Samaritans Ireland (5 Oct 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their amazing work in regard to the non-judgmental listening exercise that their organisation does.

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: Over recent weeks, there has been much conjecture about possible blackouts because of energy shortages. Ministers and the Taoiseach have said there may not be a guaranteed supply of electricity in the future. If it was not so serious, this would be very funny, but it is extremely serious. One of the reasons there is going to be a huge demand for electricity is data centres now and into the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of his engagement with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47150/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (30 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: Over the summer, a well-known ice cream maker called Ben & Jerry’s, which is an American company, announced that it would no longer sell ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories, which are East Jerusalem and the Palestinian West Bank. This was greeted with much disdain in certain parts of the world but with great congratulations from others that a company would take a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (30 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I do not think that the Minister gets it. He comes in here on a weekly basis and says that he is against the annexation of Palestinian lands but at the same time he treats Israel as a normal state. Would he have said the same about apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, for example? No, he would not. That is the contradiction that we as Deputies in the Opposition constantly point out to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Trade Relations (30 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: It is.