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Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State for his statement. This is probably the first time I have formally engaged with him so I wish him well during his tenure in office. We have different views on alcohol and drug policies, but as the conclusion of the Minister of State's statement says, it is about harm reduction. That is what it is about, because the previous policies of other Governments have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Advisory Council (18 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it will be ensured that future appointees to the Climate Change Advisory Council will have relevant public health expertise; his views on whether climate change is the greatest threat to global health this century (details supplied) and that recovery from Covid-19 must build upon the current focus on public health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent EU ruling in a case (details supplied) in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that cannabidiol, CBD, is not a narcotic under EU law within the meaning of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drug as it does not have any psychotropic or harmful effects on human health on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in progress to raise the tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, levels permitted in cannabidiol, CBD, products to 0.3% as is currently legally permitted in the rest of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in progress to ensure that a full range of cannabidiol, CBD, products will be available to Irish consumers, including oils, pastes, flowers, teas and other products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everyone from the Law Reform Commission for attending. This is a subject that I am trying to understand and come to terms with. My first question if for Ms Justice Laffoy and it relates to the two items of legislation we are discussing, one of which has not been implemented and the other of which has not been enacted. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act was passed in 2015,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: Why, in Ms Justice Laffoy's legal opinion, has that taken so long? Work in here can be slow but that is extremely slow. It has been six years. I am not asking for the witness's political opinion. Why, in her legal opinion, does she think the Act has not been implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: My second question concerns the 180-page report. I missed an earlier part of the discussion due to technical issues. It was mentioned that there were 10,000 correspondents in relation to possible cases of neglect, or situations where care was unsatisfactory. Could one of the witnesses provide more detail on the scale of this correspondence? Were the correspondents victims of physical or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding: Law Reform Commission (16 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a final question. Could the complaints of the correspondents be criminally investigated by other authorities like the Garda? Is there a breakdown of something that could be of a criminal nature?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 265. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the roll-out of vaccines in nursing homes and hospital settings (details supplied); if the matter will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many tourist bus operators are not qualifying for grants or supports through the Covid restrictions support scheme due to issues with Fáilte Ireland criteria, such as having a walk-in premises on a main street, and that this is resulting in smaller tourist bus operators being excluded from funding; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with Fáilte Ireland to save smaller tourist bus operators and bus operators that are not members of a representative body (details supplied) to address issues with the funding criteria through the Covid restrictions support scheme, in view of the fact that there are hundreds of bus operators left out of funding. [6941/21]

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: It is questions and answers. I have two specific questions. One relates to correspondence I have received in the last couple of weeks about the frustration of psychiatric nurses concerning the roll-out of the vaccine, particularly for those in acute mental health services. There is no timeline and there is complete frustration for psychiatric nurses in that setting. Will the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to places on the list of priority for vaccine roll-out for persons with cystic fibrosis who are particularly vulnerable due to the fact their illness affects their lung capacity and respiratory system; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [5389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 726. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to all childcare and early educators workers that are working during the pandemic and the risks in their workplace; and if they will be added to the vaccine roll-out programme as a priority, in particular the group 4 category of childcare workers. [5390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 809. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to ensure patients who are currently being prescribed the products produced by a company (details supplied) will be able to continue to receive them and not incur further additional expenses such as couriering or personal collection of this prescribed product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 810. To ask the Minister for Health if all patients who were receiving reimbursement for their cannabis product prescription costs prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5660/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 811. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the permissible products list of the medical cannabis access programme to include cannabis flower (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 812. To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying list of conditions of the medical cannabis access programme will be expanded to include chronic pain, migraine, arthritis, endometriosis, anxiety, dementia and depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (3 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of an online cannabis education programme for clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/21]