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Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for details of the oversight by Dáil Éireann of the participation of Irish troops in a British-led EU battle group in May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16650/16]

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: Will the Minister for Defence provide details of the oversight by Dáil Éireann of a participation of Irish troops in a British-led EU battle group in May 2016, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: EU Battle Groups (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: I find the term battle group unsettling. I do not think it appropriate phraseology for a peacekeeping troop. On 18 May, Irish troops participated in the EU battle group. They spent 18 days doing war games on Salisbury Plain. To me, that compromises Irish neutrality. Ireland is meant to be neutral of any aggression. This is NATO-lite. Our troops should not be involved in any acts of...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: Can you address the issue of Greyhound? Greyhound is exempt-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: Revoke their licences.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: I do not think people are looking for a gentleman's agreement. This gentleman is with Greyhound but that company is exempt from the new charges and is not a part of the Irish Waste Management Association. This man has to stay with his provider so he cannot be exempt from any new charges. I remember when the service was in public control, maybe ten or 12 years ago, but I do not remember...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: This is my first time speaking during Leaders' Questions, so I will probably go easy on the Taoiseach. Many people in this House have received correspondence and e-mails in regard to bin charges and that whole debacle. I just want to read out one e-mail I got from a chap in the area I live in. I cut it down a little bit. It encapsulates everything that is wrong with these charges.I want...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Care Services Staff (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 63. To ask the Taoiseach the average wage for child care workers; how this compares to European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development figures. [14721/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 421. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the availability of the anti-epilepsy drug Epidiolex here; the arrangements for facilitating access by children with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; and if he will intervene to improve access. [17166/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: Yes. The crisis in the health service is universally accepted as a fact, and with good reason. Waiting lists and trolley queues are not a seasonal aberration but a permanent fixture. The state of mental health service staffing, after ten years of A Vision for Change, is a national scandal. It is extraordinary that the Government’s acceptance of this crisis is still in doubt. The...

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (16 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: I congratulate the Minister on his new post. I hope he will not be called Chopper Harris, after a famous footballer, for his cuts and so forth.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene to restore funding for home care packages given that some areas, such as the Beaumont Hospital local catchment area in Dublin 9, have now run out of funding and are unable to discharge patients due to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/16]

Memorandum of Understanding regarding Ireland's Participation in UK Battle Group: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: In a debate on EU battle groups last year, the then Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, stated:Ireland's traditional policy of military neutrality is unaffected by our participation ... We are not and will not become part of any military alliance or permanent military formation. We will not enter into any mutual defence arrangement. How then do we explain Ireland's membership of the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the objective of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to permit the sale of unlabelled hormone injected beef and unlabelled genetically modified organism products from the US to be sold in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission's Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiating position is to abandon the precautionary principle, whereby chemicals and pesticides used in the food system must be proven to be safe for animal and human health prior to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14497/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 407. To ask the Minister for Health how the transport needs of patients from Wicklow have been considered in the opening of the Wicklow primary care health centre to facilitate access to the health services there, particularly for elderly and disabled persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) receiving €144 per week jobseeker's allowance has been turned down for a medical card because they do not reach the €164 which would entitle them to one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14649/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 482. To ask the Minister for Health how a person whose income is less than €164 and who is financially independent of their parents can apply for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14795/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Athletics Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland with regard to the non-selection of a person (details supplied) to the three-man marathon team to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14359/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason pigeon racing is not recognised as a sport here, given the popularity of pigeon racing and the positive aspects of keeping pigeons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14643/16]