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Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: I support the motion. It is a good motion and it is good to have this debate in the Dáil. Special needs assistants provide an invaluable service in our schools. They play a key role in our mainstream schools by helping children with special educational needs to learn with their peers in an inclusive way. While many parents and teachers appreciate the support and assistance that SNAs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (26 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to commence the section of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 that deals with children of same-sex couples and all related matters; his views on the distress, heartache and difficulties that its non-commencement is causing for families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: I have raised countless times in the Chamber the issue of lack of access to medical cannabis. Yesterday, I was in the House of Commons with Vera Twomey where we attended a presentation on access to medical cannabis in Britain. I will get onto that in a few minutes.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: In the time that I have. Ms Twomey spoke passionately about the ordeal her family went through. I spoke to MPs about the lack of progress and, in particular, about the Government stalling the legislation. I do not know if the Tánaiste has been watching, but the Tory Government in the UK has done a U-turn on access to medicinal cannabis and is carrying out a full review. The Minister...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: I want the Tánaiste to give me an answer on the lack of access to medical cannabis while people are suffering. I know for a fact that people will die because of the Government's lack of progress on this issue.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: They are going to die.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: Can the Tánaiste withdraw that remark? That is not true.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: He said piece of legislation. The Government has sat on that Bill for the last eight months.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: It is a lie. The Tánaiste has misled the House.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: He misled the House.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: It should not be up to the Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: If the Tánaiste starts to give straight answers, I will stop.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (19 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of increasing insurance costs for community and voluntary sector organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26738/18]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: Can the Minister of State comment on it?

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: This is happening across the State.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: This housing crisis originated over a decade ago, springing from a particular ideology. That ideology said that the State would build no more houses and it would be left up to the free market. That is why we have a homelessness crisis and a housing crisis today in which nearly 10,000 people are homeless. That can seem abstract to people in this House but it is not abstract to me or to most...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: I want to address what the Minister said earlier about withdrawing the remark about the GSOC report. I will not be withdrawing any remark. I will reiterate what I said earlier. It was a complete whitewash. I would like the Minister to withdraw his remark that I was jumping on some bandwagon because this report was a whitewash. It was an insult to the O'Farrell family. Shane would be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Gino Kenny: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if a new dental scheme will be agreed with an association (details supplied) which will examine prioritising prevention for medical card patients and affording them access to the same standard of care as dentists provide to private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/18]

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: Yes. I welcome Lucia and all her family who are in the Gallery. Today we should not be taking about Shane O'Farrell. Shane should have been getting on with his life, coming up to his 30th birthday, loving life and enjoying his career, but he met his end in a very violent way. Anybody who knows the circumstances before 2 August 2011 would know Shane should be alive today. We should not be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference used for the assessment of need standard operating procedure document which has recently replaced the standards for the assessment of need document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/18]