Results 101-120 of 1,261 for speaker:Gino Kenny in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I do not disbelieve that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department intends to continue to purchase goods from Israel and Israeli companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/23]

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. We are all feeling a bit of shock at the recruitment embargo in the health service. Rather than going into a state of contraction in respect of recruitment and need, we should be expanding, and anybody would agree with that. The embargo is going to have a detrimental effect on our health services, and those fault lines between private and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have a short question for the Taoiseach. Will the Government lift the recruitment embargo on front-line workers in the HSE? This is obviously having a hugely detrimental effect on our public health system. Is there a vision to lift this embargo? It is having a terrible effect on day-to-day services that we all rely on.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have to attend the health committee. It is not going to be possible.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: At the weekend, almost 50 people overdosed on contaminated heroin. Traces of synthetic opioid were found in samples of the heroin they took. Thankfully, no one has died as a result of the overdoses because of interventions made using a drug called naloxone, which is welcome. There are issues with naloxone, which is a prescribed drug. Experts in the field say it should be more available in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 312 children are awaiting scoliosis surgery, that surgery targets have not been met and that ongoing failures lead to life-long health complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: My question is about the waiting time for scoliosis surgery. The Scoliosis Advocacy Network has stated that more than 310 children are waiting for surgery at this time. That is completely unacceptable. I would like to hear the Minister's thoughts on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is positive but there are families with children who have been waiting for well over four months. That is completely unacceptable. The Minister's predecessor said six years ago that no child would wait more than four months. That promise has been broken many times. The Minister will understand that it is frustrating for people who have a child waiting for surgery that could be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I understand that the review by Mr. Nayagam is ongoing and that it is looking at the broad spectrum of ways to improve services. Is one of those - I am sure the Department has looked at this - for children to travel abroad for intervention or surgery? That can be slightly complicated given the nature of this surgery. Has it been actively looked at? It is good that we have more capacity...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is rubbish.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: He should be expelled.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: They may be dead.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Gaza has been termed "a graveyard for children". More than 4,000 small children have been murdered by Israel, and across the world people are protesting against this savagery. We need a debate in this House to reflect the opinion on this not only in Ireland but across the world. That should reflect the untenability of the Israeli ambassador's position in Dublin. Her situation is...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been an alarming increase in road fatalities. Compared with the figures in 2019, there are now 50% more fatalities, which is staggering because in Ireland we had a good campaign of awareness around road deaths. The figure had been going down significantly over the previous ten to 15 years, but that is not the case now. Obviously, there is a range of factors contributing to why...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (25 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been much frustration about the lack of progress with the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP. The first time the access programme was mooted was in 2017 after a report by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA. In the meantime, there has been a lack of progress. Since 2016 and 2017, there has been much campaigning by families and individuals to get access. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (25 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Minister of State can understand why people are frustrated. The programme has been up and running for two years and fewer than 50 people have got it via prescription. This review is going on forever. It was first mooted a year and a half ago. My most recent correspondence with the Health Research Board indicated that this is an ongoing review and will be finished by the end of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use completed its work after six months. The clear message from the citizens' assembly is to end the status quo. As I said to the Taoiseach two weeks ago, we have had six decades of this that have failed. People have been criminalised. They have been brought through the criminal justice system and through the prison system. It just has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Decriminalisation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is.