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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra staff will be deployed to her Department to deal with a backlog of applications of guest visas. [44423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for mental health services for 2021 and the value of this as a percentage of the total health budget. [44934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all. [44935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (21 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (21 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 637. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ventilators ordered from China by the HSE or others on behalf of the HSE in 2020; the cost of the ventilators ordered; the number of ventilators delivered; the number that have been deployed in clinical situations; the number that have not been delivered; the amount paid for the ventilators; and the amount owed in refunds. [45064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (16 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will sign the statutory instrument to give effect to agreed changes to the regular wages scheme pension of CIÉ workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44267/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (16 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention was drawn to the decision by Dublin Bus to withdraw the airline service to Dublin Airport prior to the announcement by the company; if the NTA has issued any licences to private operators to run additional services to the airport over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank NIAC and NPHET for all their work in the past 18 months. It has been a trying time for everybody in the country. In regard to Dr. Holohan's statement in relation to the future trajectory of this disease, we all know Covid-19 is evolving and unpredictable. At what point in the trajectory of the disease, if it goes on an upward spiral, will measures be reintroduced? What point do we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: If measures were reintroduced, what would those measures be? Obviously it is a hypothetical situation, but if that happened-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: Okay. My second question relates to the opening of schools and to children between the age of five and 12. This question is to Professor Butler. As we know, this disease has killed millions of people across the planet, and largely children of that age group have come through unscathed, in terms of death. It has obviously disrupted everybody's lives across the planet. Schools in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I will ask Professor Butler what is probably a very obvious question. Why is it the case that children have come through largely unscathed by this terrible disease?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: Okay. I think I have run out of time. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the statement regarding where we are at in the context of these services. We have come through the past 18 months, which were bad for everyone's well-being. It has been a difficult time for most people. Some problems have been invisible and some issues have been compounded by the pandemic. There is light at the end of the tunnel because we are...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State for her answer. There has been an issue with the recruitment and retention of staff in CAMHS. Does retaining specialists in this field continue to be a problem? If, for all sorts of reasons, it is not possible to retain staff, we will always be chasing our tails in this field. What is the position as regards the retention of specialists in CAMHS?

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a related question on the recruitment of specialists for the treatment of eating disorders. It has manifested into a major increase in the number of young people presenting with an eating disorder. That has been compounded by the events of the last few months. In that regard, what has the HSE done to provide specialists in the field of eating disorders?

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a question for Dr. Dodd on his observations on eating disorders. As the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, said, 487 young people presented or were getting treatment for eating disorders. How does this compare to two years ago? What kind of numbers presented then with this condition? It seems to have been, and probably still is being, compounded by the pandemic.

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: This is my final question, although I am not sure if the Minister of State can answer it. According to A Vision for Change, Sharing the Vision and Sláintecare, the budget for mental health care should be close to 10% of the overall health budget. It is currently half that, accounting for 5.1% of the health budget. In Britain, the figure is 13% and other countries spend between 12% and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will establish a framework that brings the public health restrictions on individual in-person music tuition in line with other sectors in order that students can attend classes as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42309/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be proposed or in place for weddings over the next few months given that couples planning weddings need details to plan around for the day and are concerned about postponing weddings again. [41524/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1188. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the abolition of the current ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood and the introduction of an individualised risk assessment system for all prospective donors similar to that now in place in Britain and Northern Ireland; when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/21]