Results 3,401-3,420 of 4,359 for speaker:Gino Kenny

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: VAT Rate Increases (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: This goes against what the Minister of State's Government is trying to do about promoting good health. Currently, if I buy fast food, the VAT on the fast food is 13.5%. However, if I want to buy a bottle of cod liver oil after 1 March, if the Minister of State gets his way there will be 23% VAT on it. That does not make sense. The Minister can gauge opinion in this House, but sometimes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: Very well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I know.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to request that the authorities of a prison (details supplied) lift the ban on freedom of prisoner movement and association within the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3899/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent attacks on prisoners in a prison (details supplied) by Israeli prison administration and military forces, including the use of rubber bullets, tear gas, sound grenades and police dogs; if he will raise the attacks with the Israeli authorities and request they cease; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Tánaiste. It is important that this issue be flagged. The prison in question is the Ofer Prison. It is one of the most notorious prisons in the occupied West Bank. There are 1,200 Palestinian prisoners there at the moment who have been incarcerated without trial. There are also 180 child detainees in the prison. As the Tánaiste referred to, more than 150 prisoners...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: He is probably on the vitamins.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of emergency funding for remedial works at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I congratulate Senator Black on introducing this historic Bill to the national Parliament of Ireland. It is a great Bill, although the economic impact it would have on the state of Israel would be limited. It is highly significant for the rest of the world and, of course, the Palestinian people. The world is watching and we hope the contagion of boycotting the state of Israel is just...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high cost for persons from low income backgrounds in accessing the meningitis B vaccine whose children were born before 2016; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Medical Waste Disposal (23 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of €75 to households in which a member has adult incontinence towards the disposal of dressings and pads; and when this will be provided [3191/19]

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: It is true.

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I will send something to the Minister later which proves it.

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: Deputy Paul Murphy's Bill is timely and relevant. I first ran in the local elections in 2004. I distinctly remember being aghast when Michael McDowell first floated the idea of a referendum on citizenship. It was bogus then and it is bogus now. The effects of the referendum are felt across the country. It is absolutely absurd that a child who has gone to school here and been cared for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith. Will the Minister of State provide the details of the planned increase in defence spending for 2019 in all areas? Will he also provide the details of the increase planned to deal with issues of pay and work conditions of Defence Forces members?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a major crisis in our Defence Forces with regard to pay, retention and conditions. There is also a crisis of low morale and non-recognition of army personnel regarding PDFORRA. Large numbers of members of the Defence Forces are leaving. Many of my constituents in Dublin Mid-West are in the Defence Forces. I know from them that the force...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: That is not a reality facing those in the Defence Forces. They will tell Members that is not the case. If 20% of Defence Forces' members are applying for working family payment, there is something seriously wrong. This is mirrored across the public service. Some of the statistics are quite incredible. On average, Defence Forces personnel are working 64 hours per week. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure to the end of December 2018 under the heading of walking and cycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1821/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (15 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: I do not know who writes this rubbish but this answer is exactly the same as all previous answers I have received. The HPRA report was published two years ago but there is still no access programme. People are having to go abroad, break the law or use the ministerial licence system. The Minister of State made reference to the clinical guidelines which hold that the access programme will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (15 Jan 2019)

Gino Kenny: It is the same.