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

Gino Kenny: I have another quick question for Professor Butler. Do people have to take two doses of each of the vaccines?

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

Gino Kenny: I thank Professor Butler.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug dupilumab which is a treatment for atopic eczema will be approved for Irish patients soon; the reason this treatment which is available throughout Europe and in Northern Ireland has still not been approved here given its benefits as a targeted treatment for atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information (15 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to HSE files under freedom of information can be refused under section 15(1)(c) if it is felt that there are too many documents to retrieve and examine; his views as to whether this denial of access can have grave and far-reaching implications for those who need their files; if consideration will be given to re-examining this reason for...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: It is good that we are having this debate about animal welfare and, in particular, equine welfare. There is no getting away from the fact that equine welfare in Ireland has a patchy history, to say the least. I always come from the standpoint that the vast majority of horse owners are responsible with their animals. There is an element of irresponsibility which is borne out in sulky racing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: There has been a lot of commentary about and criticism of the Government regarding the treatment of student nurses, even prior to Covid-19. If anything can emerge from this situation, particularly in terms of the review, it is how student nurses and nurses are treated. They are extremely dedicated to their vocation. The last nine months have been unbelievably challenging, not only for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I plead with the Minister that following the review student nurses would be properly paid for the work they do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 88. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that all student nurses receive payment for the work they have put in across the health service during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I will listen to the Minister's reply before I contribute, to expedite matters.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 78. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for both shots of the vaccine; if the programme will be rolled out by the public health regions; the role that general practitioners will play in this roll-out; if there will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: Those who saw the images a number of days ago from Britain of Margaret Keenan being the first person in the world to get the vaccine for Covid-19 would have been heartened because the past nine months have been very dark for everybody on the planet. My question is in regard to the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine, including the logistics, the prioritisation of vulnerable groups, the role GPs...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: We all understand that roll-out will be a logistically challenging undertaking for our health service. A tracking system of vaccinations will be important given there will be two vaccines. Solidarity-People Before Profit spoke to a public health doctor recently who told us that they will find this extremely challenging as they are operating at less than one-third of the resources and staff...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: To return to the logistics, what provision has been or will be put in place? Various vehicles have been identified for roll-out of the vaccine, including GP surgeries, primary care centres and so on. Britain is providing portable hubs to which people can go to get the vaccine. Is consideration being given to putting in place out-of-hours services in order that GP services are not overrun...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she plans to take in cases in relation to several health care workers who have been given notice that they may face deportation as their applications for international protection have failed in view of the considerable service these applicants have given to the State during the Covid-19 crisis. [42531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide full details of the first deal with the private hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; if there has been a value for money analysis of this deal; his plans to permanently increase the public healthcare capacity in order to not risk the overwhelming of the service in another wave of Covid-19 and do not have to buy services from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 139. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that no child in need of scoliosis surgery is left waiting while the condition worsens and results in serious pain for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (10 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: 350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the decision will be reconsidered to disallow the inclusion of Coco’s Law in some form in the title of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 given the significant contribution of the family of a person (details supplied) in drafting the legislation; if the work done by a person in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I thank all of the representatives speaking to the committee today. We are all in agreement that Covid-19 has caused chaos in our health services and continues to do so, no matter who one is. One of my questions is for the HSE. The procurement of private hospitals over the past seven months has cost the State an astronomical amount of money, nearly €330 million to date. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: My second question is for the Irish Cancer Society. I note the reference in its opening statement or possibly a supplementary document to people receiving cancer diagnoses when they present at hospital emergency departments. Why are people forced to resort to emergency departments to get diagnoses of such a magnitude?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Screening and Care Services: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: I have just a quick question for Dr. Russell about the national cervical screening laboratory, on which building will begin in January 2021. Does she envisage that when it is built the screening laboratory service of Quest in the US will be discontinued? This has been controversial, to say the last, in the cervical screening scandal that has engulfed Ireland. Does Dr. Russell see, when the...