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Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: Professor Stevens has to send me the book.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I want to see all hostages released. We all want to see peace and a settlement in the Middle East. The Minister may not agree with this, but those resisting Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank have a right to engage with the Israeli Defense Forces. They have a right because they are being occupied, murdered and slaughtered. It is an incredible statistic, but since 7 October $23...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on President Biden to cease providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: My question relates to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. Has the Tánaiste or his Administration had any contact with the American ambassador here or with Joe Biden about the continuing arming of Israel and its absolute genocide in Gaza?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: International law has gone out the door. In the past ten months, over 45,000 people have been murdered by the Israeli state, including 15,000 children. It is hard to believe. What we see daily on our news screens is almost impossible to comprehend. This is akin to what the Nazis were doing in occupied Europe. Joe Biden was welcomed with open arms in this country, in some ways...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will commit to a referendum on enshrining neutrality in the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that total global military expenditure reached $2,443 billion in 2023; that this is the highest military spending on record; that this military spending means vast numbers of badly needed homes, schools and hospitals are forgone to fund warfare; if he will urge world leaders to end this dangerous escalation of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (27 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the United States government is seeking to establish a closer relationship with the regime in Saudi Arabia and that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman has effectively quashed all dissent in the state; if he will call on the US Biden administration...

Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a legal framework for assisted dying in Ireland. Three and a half years ago, I introduced the dying with dignity Bill. With the Bill, I tried to start a profound discussion around the issue of assisted dying. I understand this is a complex issue which can pose a lot of questions about one's mortality. With...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their opening statements. I ask for a quick answer to my first question. This is very important. Do the witnesses accept that the past six decades of Ireland's drug policy has essentially criminalised those who have used drugs - yes or no?

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: Essentially, the policies since the Misuse of Drugs Act have criminalised people for using drugs. Essentially, that is the policy of the State.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: Ms McArdle accepts that that is the policy.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: The policy of the past six decades has criminalised people for using drugs. That is fact, and that has been an absolute failure. I just wanted to get that off my chest.

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yes, since 1977. I accept and acknowledge that in recent years there has been a policy shift in the HSE and the Department of Health as regards this issue, and I think there has been a public shift, which is more important, that criminalising or marginalising people for drug use has been an abject failure. I do accept, as I said, this health-led approach of harm reduction, but my criticism...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: How many people have been issued with an adult caution under that scheme?

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: How many people have been prosecuted for simple possession of cannabis?

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: The figures are startling. Since 2021, 5,000 people have been issued with a caution for simple possession of cannabis, but in the same period, for simple possession, the figure for charges or summonses is 17,500. It is extraordinary, and that is why I am hugely critical of the lip service paid to harm reduction and so forth. Getting back to the nub of this issue, we are talking about...

Committee on Drugs Use: Drug Use Policy: HSE, Department of Justice and Department of Health (20 Jun 2024)

Gino Kenny: My point is that if we continue the policy of criminalisation, of no control whatsoever and no regulation, we will continuously have this debate. I would argue that a better approach - and I think the majority of people would agree - would be decriminalisation of the drug user. I think that is a shift in public opinion but I think we need to go even beyond that and look at elements of...