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

Gino Kenny: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to ensure that cannabis patients who have had to emigrate can return to Ireland and legally and affordably access the medicine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: Good morning everybody and I thank the witnesses for their contributions thus far. It makes for very sombre reading when we hear more than half of the people who have died were in nursing home settings. It is a terrible situation in which the staff in nursing homes, residents and their relatives find themselves. I worked in a nursing home for a number of years and I cannot imagine the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have two further questions and they are for Mr. Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 in Nursing Homes (2 Feb 2021)

Gino Kenny: They are two very quick questions. Does Mr. Daly support a public inquiry into what has happened in nursing homes? I am not sure whether he will be able to answer my second question. Have new residents coming into nursing homes been given the first dose of the vaccine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: My first question is to Mr. Walsh. At any given time there is a certain amount of vaccine in the State. What is the situation with surplus vaccines? On any particular day is there a surplus available if there is an issue with either transportation or the roll-out? If there is a surplus of vaccine per week or per day, how can it be sourced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: My second question is to Professor MacCraith. I say very sincerely to him that Ireland obviously as a vast pharmaceutical industry. We have one of the most advanced pharmaceutical sectors in the European Union. If patents and intellectual property were not in the way, could the production of vaccines be ramped up in any way by our pharmaceutical industry, given that thus far €5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: There is capacity and this scenario could apply to the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, particularly in view of what Professor MacCraith just said in the context of what is being done with the Pfizer vaccine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Update (29 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank Professor MacCraith.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (28 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if the EU Cross-Border Directive is affected by Brexit for Irish patients seeking to have surgeries in the UK; and if so, the changes in this regard. [4984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of information on the west Dublin orbital route. [3785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the west Dublin orbital route has been approved. [3786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected that works on the west Dublin orbital route will commence; and the length of time those works are expected to take. [3787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on calls by students and student unions to reduce university fees by 30% given that students are under severe financial pressure with the current Covid-19 pandemic to afford their college course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with CORU to provide alternatives to placement for social care students in 2021 only; if he will consider with CORU reducing the number of placement hours from 400 to 250 in 2021 to reduce the significant pressure on students and organisations that are finding it difficult to accommodate same in view of the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the private nursing home sector with particular reference to staffing levels, financial viability and supports being offered to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 710. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in the event of the closure of either private or public nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3794/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 711. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of contingency plans he may have for various adverse scenarios affecting private nursing homes will be provided; if a summary will be provided of these plans with particular reference to crises in staffing and in the event of serious Covid-19 outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Care of the Elderly (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the option of emergency State intervention or State control of private nursing homes; if so, if costings for the acquisition and or operation of private facilities are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the most recent figures for HSE recruitment of healthcare workers particularly recruitment of care professionals from the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic there were at one point over 2,000 vacant beds in the hospital system due to the cancellation of elective procedures and the reduction in non-Covid hospital admissions; the reason for missed targets despite this spare capacity given patient experience times...