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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if there is evidence of a general lack of awareness of the pneumococcal vaccination in the at-risk population and, if so, if there are plans to address this with a public health awareness campaign similar to that addressing the availability and importance of the flu vaccine for these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: I think the Minister for coming in. I will concentrate on a number of issues. The first concerns the Minister's submission on budget 2021 and ICU beds. The Minister committed to 321 ICU beds by the end of next year. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says we need 579 beds right now. There is a shortfall of nearly 260. Is the Minister confident he can deliver those beds? More...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: This is coming from a base whereby Ireland has the lowest number of ICU beds in the European Union. There is also the legacy of thousands of beds that were taken out of the health system over the past 25 years. We are coming from a low base and that has exposed the public health system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: Is the Minister confident that during his tenure, regardless of how long it will last, he can meet capacity with regard to ICU beds and the requirement of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, which has said that we need 579 beds? That is 260 more than we will have at the end of next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: I refer to the Minister's submission on budget 2021. The additional personal assistant, PA, hours and additional funding for disability services are welcome. The decongregation of services for those who are living with a disability in a community setting is very welcome. On a different issue, I raised the medical cannabis access programme with the Minister a while ago. The response I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The Chairman will give me a bit more time. I never go over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The previous Minister, Deputy Harris, gave the exact same answer last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: He said the exact same thing one year ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: It was the exact same answer.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The world we used to live in prior to Covid-19 seems like a very different world from the one we are living in now. In former times, many student nurses could take up other jobs in nursing homes and so on, but they can no longer do so for all sorts of reasons. Financially, this has left them out of pocket. Living on an allowance of €50 a week, with the responsibility that is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The women's health task force is very welcome because in the past healthcare has been very patriarchal. It has let down women many times and women's healthcare in Ireland must be addressed. It is ironic that the task force was established because it was recommended in the scoping inquiry on the cervical screening programme after women had been completely let down. That should be remembered...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: One of the task force's mantras is that it will do radical listening on women's health. That is welcome. Women should be at the heart of women's health and they should be listened to, where not doing so was a problem in the past. Covid-19 has had a huge effect on everyone, regardless of gender, but I raise its impact on women's mental health. Covid has done a huge amount of social,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 89. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of student nurses in the health service; if they have been offered healthcare assistants' contracts and work; if while on placement they will be offered similar payments as in March 2020; the supports that will be in place on an ongoing basis for student nurses serving in the public service given the risks of Covid-19...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The position of student nurses in our health service is very important. There is a lot of exploitation where student nurses work on the front line. They feel they are being exploited and are not being recognised for their work.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: Two weeks ago, representatives from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, were before the Joint Committee on Health. The INMO's submission was extraordinary. It said that 3,400 students are on placements in Irish hospitals. Covid means they are in a vulnerable position. The failure by the HSE "to remunerate them amounts to exploitation". That is awful. The statement also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the women’s health task force that was established over a year ago; the actions taken or achieved in the intervening period; the plans in the area of women’s health over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: The women's health task force was established in September last year. What actions has it taken and will it take over the next three years?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure increased capacity as the country enters the second wave of Covid-19; the cost per bed of an agreement by ICU and acute bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for further investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks; the number of whole-time equivalents employed in this service since April 2020, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the perinatal mental health services available for women; his plans to improve or add to these services in the near future; the perinatal mental health services available in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/20]