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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that following the review by the National Council for Special Education of special needs assistants that schools in an area (details supplied) have lost approximately 12 SNAs despite a promise by the previous Minister for Education and Skills that each child requiring a SNA will have access to one;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the threshold of an annual household income of €60,000 is being reconsidered or under review in regard to the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability; and if not, if he will consider a review with the intention of updating the means testing process in order to reflect average industrial wages. [26468/19]

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I am very disappointed to hear the dreaded words "the money message" used again against the majority will of the Dáil. This place goes from bad to worse when it stifles the democratic will of Deputies. It is extremely disappointing. There is also an element of scaremongering in the Minister's statement. Some of it can be quite credible but other stuff is quite bureaucratic and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: Last Wednesday, I tried to raise an issue related to the cannabis access programme with the Taoiseach last Wednesday. On Friday, I received a reply to a query I made to the Tánaiste five weeks ago. He did not get back to me at the time, and I got this reply five weeks later. That is completely disrespectful to me and the people and families who have been campaigning for access to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to halt Israeli policies aimed at the de facto annexation of East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on whether the unilateral policies of Israel would exacerbate the conflict in and over Jerusalem and harm hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem; the steps he will take to object to the precedent for Israeli annexationist ambitions in the West Bank;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) has been excluded from availing of the grant from the men's sheds fund; the reason for this exclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 30 April 2019 under the heading of B8.5 cycling and walking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/19]

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: Will it be means tested?

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I will not labour this point. Could the Minister of State tease out what a model of home care and community care on a statutory footing would look like? It is important and welcome. I know the Minister of State cannot foretell the future but what would such a model look like? Would it be underpinned by legislation? What would it give to the people who are being cared for? Does it give...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I speak not as a politician or an activist but as a carer. I was a carer for 15 years before I came into this place and worked as a home care worker for ten years. The service is vital for the family and the client. It has a huge place in primary care and in a health service and the announcement of what is almost a moratorium on home care hours is very unfortunate. This will be...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I do not think there is anything in the thrust of the motion with which we would disagree. There are major issues in the Defence Forces over morale, pay, conditions and retention of personnel. For far too long the Defence Forces have been forgotten in the public service debate because of their special status. I consider personnel in the Army and the other Defence Forces to be working class...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I want to follow up on Deputy Micheál Martin's question. It is two and a half years since the report came out. It was commissioned by the HPRA. Its main recommendation was that the cannabis access programme be set up. Since then, there has been no access programme. In the past two and half years, 16 licences have been granted to 16 individuals in the State. Of those 16 licences,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: That is terrible. That is absolutely terrible. For three years-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: Surely the Taoiseach can give a better answer than that. That is terrible. I have been banging this drum for two and a half years and the Taoiseach gives an answer like that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: That is unbelievable. It is so disrespectful.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (11 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: That does not answer my question. I am sure the police of this State have better things to be doing than breaking people's doors down to confiscate products that are not illegal. I reiterate that what these shops are selling is not illegal, but at the same time, these products are being confiscated. There is obviously a contradiction in the law, and there is a contradiction in the arms of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (11 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for taking this Topical Issue matter today. I hope there can be some clarity on the confiscation of cannabidiol or CBD products around Ireland. Many people are confused about the legality of CBD products. Even I am confused on what is legal or not legal. In recent months some shops in the country have been raided, for the want of a better word, by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (11 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of asylum seekers and refugees in higher education and further education, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23351/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (11 Jun 2019)

Gino Kenny: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a recognition of prior learning for asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23352/19]