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Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about proposed legislation on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, because a number of people have raised this issue numerous times since I have been here. From looking at the statistics it is almost a national embarrassment. A total of 156 countries have ratified the convention. Ireland signed the convention in 2006 but it is the only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: 54. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the delays parents of autistic children are experiencing in accessing child and adult mental health services over the past 12 months; the reason children are being refused services at key developmental ages and experiencing delays that will impact on their future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: 88. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to comply with the Disability Act 2005, which lays out clear timelines for the assessment of need, in view of the fact that there is currently a backlog of 4,600 children; and when he expects this backlog to be cleared. [20735/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: I welcome those in the Gallery; it is good to see them. I welcome Deputy Browne's Bill, which shines a light on mental health services in Ireland. There has been a lot of discussion about mental health services and the accessibility difficulties. I was elected over a year ago. It is very healthy that we are having a grown-up debate about mental health. It is a sign that the stigma is...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: I wish to read out a statement from the recent IMO annual conference.

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: This has relevance to a Bill I introduced six months ago, the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill. It is very relevant. The motion stated:The IMO urges the Government not to limit the availability of medicinal cannabis products in any future legislation by restricting their prescription to consultants or the indications for which they can be prescribed, with such indications being...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: The Bill would make it through committee.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (2 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: 836. To ask the Minister for Health the data collected on trends in the prescribing of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if the collected data indicates an overall rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially with opioids, stimulants, antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs in terms of tolerance, withdrawal and...

Garda Commissioner: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “notes that:— 937,000 breath tests that never occurred were falsely recorded on the Police Using Leading Systems Effectively (PULSE) system, and that the existence of a problem in this regard was communicated to the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I am trying to be objective but when I heard the HPRA report was out, a small part of me wondered if maybe it was progress and that it might be a small step towards what we set out seven or eight months ago and that people who are suffering unnecessarily could gain access to medicinal cannabis. I thought there could be a small bit of small progress but then I read the HPRA report and what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I hope she answers these questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I would like the Department of Health to state whether one can overdose on CBD and answer all the other questions I posed. There are ten countries in the European Union that have programmes similar to the one the Department is trying to advocate. It is a regressive programme. It is not even restrictive. Why is the bar so high that it means virtually nothing to anybody? In terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Does that mean Deputy O'Brien is not supporting the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: May I comment on Mr. Lennon's statement? I tabled this Bill last July. I tried to consider the matter as objectively as possible and took off my political hat. That was ten or 11 months ago. Undoubtedly, we have come far. The debate has been educational for everyone involved and enlightening for the majority. We have heard heartbreaking testimonies from people who I and, probably, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: This is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: In some ways, I have been leading the charge on this. This programme, given its exclusion of people with chronic pain, is flawed. The Department is criminalising people who should not be criminalised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: A lot of people have come to a conclusion.

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: It is good news. There are not many occasions when we hear such news. Sometimes in this House there is good news but most of the time it is bad news. It is good news for the people who are listening, especially the CF sufferers. This lengthy saga has been dragged out. If there is one lesson that everyone should learn, especially the Government and the HSE, it is that this should never...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I think the Minister might have good news. I was looking at his Twitter account. We will see in a few minutes. Hopefully it is good news for the many people who have been waiting for an end to this long drawn-out saga. Hopefully weeks will turn to minutes now. As Deputy Collins said, there is a young mother, Hazel Robinson, outside the Dáil at this moment. She has been sleeping...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review FIS means testing with the rent allowance payment in view of the fact prior to 2012 FIS was not calculated when means testing for rent allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/17]