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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 175:In page 37, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(2) Subsection (1) applies to all tenancies, including a tenancy created before the coming into operation of this section. (3) A landlord may not terminate a tenancy at the end of each four year period of a Part 4 tenancy other than by mutual agreement with the tenant or under the grounds listed in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 176:In page 37, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 67 (Period of notice for termination by landlord where tenant in default) of Act of 2004 34. Section 67 of the Act of 2004 is amended—(a) in subsection (2)(b)(ii) by the deletion of “and the condition specified in subsection (3) is satisfied” and the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I move amendment No. 177:In page 37, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Report on measures needed to ensure security of tenure for sub-letters and licensees 34. The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is to report within three months of the enactment of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 on the measures...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in view of the fact that there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the measures taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address the anomaly whereby teachers that have taught outside of the EU are capped at seven years' credits, while teachers that have taught in other countries inside the EU receive credits on a year for year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review Circular 10 of 2001, in particular section 4.2 thereof, which caps credit in respect of service given in states outside the EU at seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that community employment schemes in the health and social care service will not be used to replace permanent positions in the service nor to exploit jobseekers along the lines of previous discredited schemes such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39448/16]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I support this amendment. Emergency hormonal contraception, or the morning-after pill, as it is more commonly known, is an important addition to the range of available birth control measures in Ireland, from oral contraception to medical and surgical abortion. To further the development of reproductive health care services, it is important that the morning after pill be easily available from...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: It has been a healthy debate and I have taken everybody's view on board. It has been quite an emotional and hard week for me but not as hard as some people's circumstances. I can see people in the Gallery whom I have gotten to know over the past few months and I consider the likes of Ava, Paul, Colette, Mark and a few others whose names I forget to be my friends. It has been a fantastic...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I would not be called Gino Kenny then; I would be called Quango Kenny. It has been a healthy debate. There is no going back, just like Vera Twomey's walk. When she first suggested it to me, I thought, "Oh God, what is she doing?", but it did awaken people and it did awaken the Minister and he acted. It is up to the House now to act for the benefit of many people. It is a healthy day for...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141."

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I welcome everyone in the Gallery today. Usually, this is a quiet and lonely place, but it is great to have the visitors here and it is good to see friends. I thank the other political parties for facilitating this Private Members' Bill. It is being fast-tracked and I commend the other political parties on allowing it to happen. I commend the efforts of a former Member, Luke Flanagan,...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Today I stand here under circumstances of my choosing, but the circumstances of many individuals and families suffering throughout the country are certainly not of their choosing. I will put a question to those in the House and those listening or watching the debate. What would they do if their child, parent, sister, brother or friend was diagnosed with an illness that could be treated...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: That is all well and good but will the Minister of State not put a timeframe on it? This has been dragging on for years. The Government signed the UN convention nine years ago. Why has it not been ratified and put into effect? We must send a strong signal to people with disabilities that this will be done within a matter of months. If this is allowed to go on and on, the convention will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: Will it be done after the Christmas recess?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I will sign it too.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I ask the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: I wish to point something out to the Minister of State. I am sure he is aware of it because he has a good track record on it. Ireland has been pretty poor on equality for people with disabilities. Currently, 156 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ireland signed it almost nine years ago but never came good on it. Even Ireland's UN...