Results 281-300 of 4,359 for speaker:Gino Kenny
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: I 100% agree. That is my concern in terms of where this debate is going. Some of us in the committee have those concerns. There is opposition from the top down, and from the bottom up, in terms of where we want to go. When the dust settles on what the committee agrees, the next Government will have to deal with it. There is still huge conservatism among the powers that be, particularly...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: My question is about a parallel universe but I will pose it anyway. We all agree alcohol is an accepted drug, whether in Britain or Ireland, for better or for worse. It is accepted, taxed, readily available and marketed very cleverly by alcohol companies. There are obviously health consequences to alcohol consumption, particularly dependency, and it will kill tens of thousands of people,...
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Surely the lesson is that the war on drugs has been an absolute failure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: This is a very interesting subject matter. In terms of ultra-processed foods, there has been much commentary in relation to processed foods that are high in salt, saturates and so forth. There is commentary that these foods should be labelled. I know that in some countries in South America they are labelled with distinctive labels in terms of these ultra-processed foods. Would the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Obviously, there is a responsibility on these huge companies in terms of marketing and how they sell these products but it seems to be the wild west in terms of how this food is actually marketed. If you go into a supermarket, it is like they play mind games with you, especially children when they go into this space. We obviously have to go in because it is a necessary evil. However, if...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State. I refer to the issue around social determinants, which I believe is an enormous issue in working class areas where people are finding it difficult to put food on the table. People might do it but at a lower quality. That is feeding into childhood obesity, and so forth. That will have a trigger effect on a child when they are growing up because they will have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Have many people taken up those posts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: How much is that sugar tax worth per year and how much revenue has it generated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Is that only in fizzy drinks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Are there any thoughts on bringing in a salt tax? I do not want to be in the nanny state area here but some of these foods are absolutely-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank Ms Curran.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: There has been commentary in terms of ultra-processed foods that these are such a present danger, it is akin to what tobacco did to adults 50 to 60 years ago. Obviously, children are consuming these products because the marketing behind these products is absolutely insidious. There is a war going on and we are losing this war. The people winning that war are the marketeers and profiteers...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their statements. I will start with CAMHS. In the his opening statement Mr. Gloster stated that 87% are seen within 12 months. Is there a percentage that have not been seen within 12 months? I mean those who have not received any kind of intervention in terms of waiting for more than a year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Could Dr. Burke elaborate on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Why would somebody be waiting more than 12 months for an intervention?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Could Dr. Burke explain the single point of access? What is the rationale for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: In respect of recruitment in that service, are there still huge gaps there in recruiting staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Neurorehabilitation Healthcare, Primary Care Centre Programme and CAMHS: HSE (3 Jul 2024)
Gino Kenny: Yes.