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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (14 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent cuts to the number of special needs assistants at a school (details supplied); his plans to fund the restoration of an adequate level of SNAs within the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47280/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: The House overturned that decision.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: Why has it taken two years?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: I welcome to the Gallery five parents from various parts of Ireland and Britain. They are Vera Twomey, Callie Blackwell, Tannine Montgomery, Danielle Davis and Karen Grey. Currently these parents are treating their children with medical cannabis. I missed Deputy Micheál Martin's contribution. The policy on medical cannabis from this Government is absolutely shambolic. One year ago to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (6 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: 394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the immense danger that asylum seekers are placed in when they are deported back to the country from which they originally fled in search of refuge; his views on the recent rise in such deportations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (6 Nov 2018)

Gino Kenny: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to engage with the ambulance personnel branch of a union (details supplied) that is asserting its fundamental employee rights to representation by their union of choice and to facilitate the payroll deduction of union subscriptions from members of a union in order to prevent an escalation in industrial action and to ultimately...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Operations (24 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [41802/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Consultant Contracts (23 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to restore the services of a paediatric consultant that previously provided clinical paediatric oversight to the services in the National Rehabilitation Hospital but is now on long-term leave; the impact this has had in terms of closure of in-patient services for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (23 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed timeframe for the establishment of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (18 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria applied when designating a school for DEIS status; if he will reconsider including a school (details supplied) in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42041/18]

Road Traffic (Quads and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit supports the Bill and I commend Deputy Ellis on his work on the issue. It is unfortunate the Government is not supporting it because it is a good amendment. The majority of motocross participants are very responsible. There is a minority who are irresponsible and that is played out in housing estates where I live where young people mainly are using them recklessly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (17 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on racial profiling used by the Garda National Immigration Bureau to identify persons it believes to be in the country illegally; the irresponsible reporting of these cases in the media and the impact it has on the lives and work of Irish nationals who fit the profiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (9 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical cannabis expert reference group has concluded its report on guidelines for the proposed medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40792/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: I raise the issue of medical cannabis, which I have raised more times than any other issue in the two and a half years since my election. I just received a telephone call from a parent who is utterly confused about the position on medical cannabis. Three options are available, namely, to go through the licensing system for medical cannabis, to go abroad to obtain medical cannabis, or to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley process and introduce a ban on Israeli diamond exports in view of the fact that diamonds generate $1 billion annually for the Israeli military; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40272/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (4 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with the Prime Minister of Greece with regard to the detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40269/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (4 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with President Abbas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: People have run out of adjectives to describe the housing crisis. There is a simple reason for it. It comes down to ideology of and the Government's neoliberal policy for the past seven and a half years. I want to address some of the terminology Ministers have been using which I find quite offensive. Using terms such as "ghettoisation" and "free homes" is insulting to anybody who has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: In the programme for Government under the area of mental health, the Government commits to building further capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. In reality, since that document was produced, CAMHS have seriously deteriorated. I will outline some of the awful statistics on CAMHS. There are 40% fewer clinical psychologist posts, 50% fewer social workers and just...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (3 Oct 2018)

Gino Kenny: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the hardship experienced by members of the Defence Forces as a result of poor pay and conditions; if he will recognise and engage with a group (details supplied) as a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/18]