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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Institutional investment funds play a major role in the rental sector and I would suggest that this has a very detrimental effect. They bought very cheap about a decade ago and now rent very high. These funds come in many forms with many names. This is a family show so I will not mention some of the names people have for them. In recent months, a plebiscite was held in Berlin with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time a budget increased the blind persons tax credit. [5835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the blind persons tax credit was not increased in line with other tax credit increases in Budget 2024; and his plans to increase the credit in the future. [5836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group only. [5834/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It seems odds that there is no registry or a collection of data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is extraordinary that such a register is not in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there any reason?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Do other jurisdictions in the European Union, for example, have a registry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there a mean age at which the onset of dementia could manifest itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: How common would that be for those aged under 65?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is less than 7%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I am throwing a lot of questions at Dr. O'Philbin. Is genetic or hereditary dementia common?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: With late onset dementia, where a person develops dementia at a very late stage in their life, possibly in their late 70s or 80s, what is the diagnosis in relation to that? My mother was diagnosed with late onset dementia. I was slightly fearful about what was going to happen. I know each person is different. It did not develop into something that we all thought it was going to be, and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Treatment has been evolving in recent decades. What is at the cutting edge of non-invasive treatment or drugs? Is there any bespoke treatment that Dr. O'Philbin would suggest for dementia care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: What is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. O'Philbin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for this informative session. I have two questions, one for Ms Duffy and one for Dr. O'Philbin. Ms Duffy briefly alluded to assisted decision-making. What effect has the new Act had on those who are living with dementia and their capacity to make decisions for themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: What would that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Dr. O'Philbin mentioned reminiscence therapy earlier. I am fascinated by this. I was looking it up to see what it actually is. I remember when I worked in Cherry Orchard a long time ago - and it was an education - it was only beginning to happen about 20 years ago that music, old photographs and things like that were being introduced. I thought it was really good because the residents at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: This is a very important session for the committee and we all have an interest in this subject. I do not think that there are many people who have not been affected by dementia in the form of a family member suffering from it, and I include myself in that. The figures are quite stark. In the next 20 years, the number of people living with dementia will have more than doubled. Obviously...