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An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: I have spoken, but I will speak again.

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday marked International Women's Day. I was one of thousands who joined with our sisters to celebrate, support and show solidarity to women not only in Ireland but across the world. The atmosphere on yesterday's march was electric and was probably the best International Women's Day march I have ever been on in Dublin. The main theme was repealing the eighth amendment. Hopefully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: I have an observation to make. I thank the witnesses for coming in; the debate has been very insightful. It seems there is institutionalised and municipal discrimination by county councils and the State against Travellers. It is blatant. It is disgusting in some ways when one sees it in its naked form. Are we going forward or are we going backwards? There is no doubt but that we are...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: I would like to welcome everybody in the Gallery. It is always good to see people there. I cautiously welcome the motion, which will allow us to finally ratify the UNCRPD after a long and arduous battle. I sincerely hope that the political will to address the human rights of people with disabilities, which has been absent for a very long time, will emerge in a real and meaningful way. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: I thank the delegation for the presentation. A number of weeks ago the secretary general of the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland attended a meeting of the committee and painted a very dark picture of mental health services in the State. It was so dark that everybody was flabbergasted at the position on retention and the morale of psychiatric nurses. The report given today is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: What happened to Linn Dara in Cherry Orchard is probably indicative of what is occurring in mental health services throughout the State. I am referring to the CAMHS unit that lost 11 beds. It is imperative that they be reopened.

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: Today I speak on behalf of my mother and the many other women who went through mother and baby homes in the dark recesses of our past, a past which cannot be forgotten. Many women today live with that past and have to look to the future in order to get on with their lives. Five years ago in this House, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, made a promise to establish a memorial to the...

Other Questions: Traveller Culture (28 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to highlight Traveller culture in a positive and meaningful way in view of the fact that Travellers are a distinct ethnic minority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10100/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Sites (28 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to acquire a site (details supplied) in view of its cultural and historic importance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10193/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (28 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the issue of sexual abuse and harassment exposed by women in the arts world both at home and abroad via movements (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the gender inequality and systems of power that exist in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10099/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: Is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade not here?

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: Some of the reports coming out of eastern Ghouta are horrific. Over the past nine days, 600 people have been killed, including 150 children. The reports are literally unbelievable - a massacre of civilians. It seems like the suffering of the ordinary Syrian people is never-ending. Many people who watch the news feel a sense of hopelessness. I certainly do when I see the horrendous...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: I will restate what I said - it is imperative that the Russian ambassador be called to account for the war crimes that his country is committing. That discussion should not be a past or passing thing. The ambassador should be brought before the Tánaiste and asked directly how his country can justify killing hundreds of people, not only in Ghouta, but also in Aleppo and other cities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children and young persons living in emergency accommodation often face difficulties in accessing play or recreational facilities and the impact this has on their development; his plans to address the crisis of children living in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the issue of families in emergency accommodation that are limited in their food options due to inadequate storage facilities in addition to the lack of access to cooking facilities; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact on families' daily food habits and dietary quality which can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of State funding provided to a charity (details supplied) since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9500/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the difficulties in relation to importing a product (details supplied) which has been prescribed for a person under special licence and for which the parent needs to travel regularly to the Netherlands to collect; the HSE's plans to reimburse the medication costs through the long-term illness or alternative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of applications made by Wicklow county council to his department for funding for housing over the past five years; the number of persons on the housing waiting list in the county; the length of time each applicant has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Community (22 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that despite recognition of Traveller ethnicity in March 2017, infant mortality rates in this group are 3.6 times higher than the rest of the population; her plans to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9020/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: In 2014, the then Minister of State at the Department of Health, former Deputy Alex White, signed into regulation the use of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine for patients with multiple sclerosis, MS. The drug is not yet available on prescription or under the drug purchase scheme. Nobody who needs Sativex in Ireland can get it. If the Taoiseach has the time, and I will question him next...