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

Gino Kenny: 714. To ask the Minister for Health his views and the data and on the way in which cancellations and reduced attendance at hospital affected health outcomes of patients generally and specifically in the case of persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/21]

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

Gino Kenny: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered using information on reduced inpatient numbers and associated health outcomes to examine resourcing of care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of current contracts that the HSE has with private consultancy firms for each HSE division and directorate, for example, corporate change, disability and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Consultancy Contracts (27 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated spend on private consultancy and auditing services in the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: I thank everyone for their statements and for their work thus far. I have two questions for Mr. Woods. In his statement, he indicated that 6,500 healthcare workers are on sick leave at present. That includes 2,500 nurses. That is a colossal hole in the public health service. At the apex of the surge in April and May 2020, what was the breakdown of healthcare workers out of work due to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: I have a question on the private hospital deal. There are question marks over the colossal amount of public money that went into private hospitals last year. I think it was €113 million per month. How different is the deal this time? I understand the initial cost is €38 million. Is this value for money? What are the Covid and non-Covid capacity issues for private hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: Can Mr. Woods comment on the costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: My last question is for Dr. Glynn. While I am trying not to be political here, it is hard for Deputies not to be political. It is obvious that the Government's living with Covid policy is in tatters. We are in the third lockdown and this is even worse than the previous two. The Government went against NPHET advice in late November and we are now living with the consequences. It is like...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: Today, the Department of Health announced the commencement of and the funding for the medical cannabis access programme under the HSE service plan. It is very welcome, after five years of campaigning by parents and others. It has been a very long road and finally, this year, people will get medical cannabis products under prescription. The confinement to three conditions is very...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: It will be questions and answers. I welcome last night's news about the funding for and the establishment of the medical cannabis access programme. I presume over the next few months we will have a discussion about the roll-out of that programme. Over the weekend, a number of the Minister's Cabinet colleagues were somewhat contrite about the public health advice given in late November. Does...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the age criterion for jobseeker's and pandemic unemployment payments that are only payable to persons between 18 and 66 years of age. [2241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the jobseeker's age criterion of 18 to 66 years of age unfairly discriminates against persons under 18 years of age and persons over 66 years of age who were working and paying tax and PRSI during the Covid-19 pandemic. [2242/21]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: Last November, I questioned the Minister on the cost of private hospitals to the State. He was quite honest about it. He said things would be done differently if we all had hindsight. Last year, the State paid €115 million per month for private hospitals, the equivalent of one third of €1 billion. That is to Larry Goodman and Denis O'Brien. The Irish Nurses and Midwives...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: I wish the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and all the staff who operate the building a happy new year. They have been stalwart last year and this year, and I wish them well. A month ago, Ireland had one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 in Europe. That has utterly changed. Ireland now has one of the highest infection rates in the world. As the Chief Medical Officer has said, the pandemic is out of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Gino Kenny: 1009. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the prioritisation of vaccination for the most vulnerable of older persons not currently in nursing homes; the timeframe for vaccination of this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sibling First Admission Policy (17 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to end a policy that is used by some primary schools to no longer allow a sibling first admission policy. [44196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sibling First Admission Policy (17 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct schools to not end a sibling first admission policy on the basis that parents' working lives, school collection arrangements and the financial burden on parents is not considered if they must send their children to multiple schools (details supplied). [44197/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their contributions so far. We are all appreciative of the work which has been done in the last nine months regarding this public health emergency. This situation poses many challenges for our public health system, as well as enormous logistical issues concerning rolling this vaccine out. All the indications are that the majority of the Irish public have confidence in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: That is fine. Another question concerns the data in the public trials. Is it usual that trial data for a vaccine would not be made publicly available for scrutiny by other agencies? Is that unusual in respect of this vaccine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccination: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: Yes, I think it does. I have one last question, which I will try to not ask and answer myself. In a situation in three to six months, when we possibly have six to eight different vaccines, how will clinical managers, doctors, etc., choose which vaccine will be appropriate for each person? Each vaccine obviously has different efficacies. I am a scientific layperson in respect of these...