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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: No, by an individual Deputy. She completely misrepresented my view but that is for another day. I would like to respond to Senator Mullen. I am a Deputy and I come from a certain political persuasion. In my eyes, everything is political. When I get up in the morning, it is political and when I go to sleep, it is political. That is just the reality of things. The reason I got involved...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Our Bill stipulates that the full plant extract will be available to patients. That is the bud form, the oil form, etc. As has been mentioned a number of times, the HPRA stipulated three conditions in its report. As far as I know, the medications that have been stipulated for the two conditions in question are Sativex and Epidiolex. That is like fast-tracking a pharmaceutical brand, and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: It is not tobacco. It is a bud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I accept what Deputy Durkan says about there being a debate between recreational and medicinal use. As for whether both are mixed up at times, the answer is "Yes", and sometimes it is very difficult to differentiate in the debate. I regard "medicinal" as meaning the extract from the full plant and that is how I define cannabis. I regard it as the organic cannabis plant and its derivatives,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: There is a misconception that people are out to get stoned all the time but that is not the purpose of this. The THC and the CBD work in tandem. They are complementary and many reports show that they are very effective in combination. I am not a smoker and I do not advocate smoking tobacco at all but if somebody gets pain relief from vaping outside work they should be allowed to do that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: If somebody wants to smoke cannabis in a joint, it is their prerogative. If they want to vape, take an oil or take it in any other way that gives them relief, that is their prerogative. The vast majority of people these days vape but if somebody wants to smoke a cannabis joint for medicinal purposes, it is their prerogative. If they get relief from it, so be it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: As I said before, the debate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: What page?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I have never seen that. Certain parts of the Bill can be amended. It is unintentional if that is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: What page?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Again that can be amended in the next Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: It is one form of how people treat themselves with cannabis. If people have a treatment of cannabis, it is their prerogative if they want to smoke it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) wishes to retain an extra school teacher it acquired in 2016; if the school can retain the extra teacher it acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to make cutbacks in the provision of all learning support in English and mathematics and in the provision of resource hours at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I want to state some facts that get to the nub of this dispute. The Belgian Government pays 78% towards the PSO as it is known in Ireland. The equivalent figure is 51% in Switzerland, 49% in Holland and 12% in Ireland, which is in last place. The underfunding of a public service like Bus Éireann was destined to end in a crisis. This crisis is not confined to Bus Éireann. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I wish to remark on two comments that were made over the weekend, one by Michael O'Leary, the enemy of the working class, and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar. The Minister basically stated that the company should fold. That is the Government's ideology. Michael O'Leary praised the Minister, Deputy Ross, for not intervening. This man is the prince of darkness to me. He...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the tax regime, in view of a recent report (details supplied) on the tax rates paid by international banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16470/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent report by a person (details supplied) into NAMA's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16471/17]