Results 401-420 of 4,359 for speaker:Gino Kenny
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I hope the Minister of State will be able to shed some light on what is happening with Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. There is a lot of uncertainty about its future. The 73 residents and 85 staff have been told recently that the nursing home might close down. This is having an effect on the relatives of the residents. There is a great deal of stress about what is happening. I understand...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: This is a set of extraordinary circumstances. Googling this operator, it claims to be a multibillion dollar health provider in the United States. It is not some makeshift provider by any means. It has enormous assets behind it. Alarm bells are ringing about its very rudimentary fire compliance both in Sally Park and Lucan Lodge nursing homes. There are very serious questions to be asked...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I am sure the Taoiseach, as a former health Minister, he is concerned about an article in The Irish Times on Monday on accessibility to cancer drugs. I will just quote some of what the oncologists said. They said public patients are facing huge delays in accessing cancer drugs and that a two-tier health system exists in the context of cancer drugs. They stated that less effective cancer...
- Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I commend the Social Democrats on introducing a motion on this important issue. The Minister of State attended a briefing by the Dental Council and the Irish Dental Association at the Joint Committee on Health a number of weeks ago. The picture they portrayed was stark in respect of oral healthcare in Ireland. The reality is that 80% of oral and dental healthcare is privatised. That was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I wish everybody "Good morning" and thank them for their ongoing work. Dr. McNamara said earlier that 80% of interns have left Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Is that figure correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: How many junior doctors would qualify-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: How many junior doctors would qualify per year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Is that happening every year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: They qualify from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: It seems absolutely extraordinary that this is happening. It is unbelievable. Does this happen in any other profession in Ireland? These are highly qualified, highly motivated and highly educated people who want to be doctors but three quarters of them are leaving the country. It is extraordinary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That works both ways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: It is an extraordinary figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: What is the draw?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That can be addressed to a certain degree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: The figures will obviously come down. There will always be people who want to go away to have a different experience. That is understandable. However, the numbers are unbelievable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: The first page of the IMO's opening statement refers to the need for 5,000 additional acute hospital beds in a short time. Will the witnesses amplify what a short time means?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That is the core.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: At the rate the country is going at the moment in terms of additional beds, to get to 5,000 beds will take decades. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Those who are listening today will say that the Government is spending colossal amounts of money on our health service yet there are big holes in its capacity. It is €24 billion per year, which is an unbelievable amount.