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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: My second question related to a legal challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have a caveat to that question. Again, this is a hypothetical scenario. If the Oireachtas was to legislate for assisted dying, according to Ms Woods, the court could challenge that decision made by the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: It was 2020.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: A fundamental question that we have been talking about here and elsewhere is the right to life. That is a fundamental right, but I believe, and others believe, that there is also a fundamental right to have a say over one's life, particularly if one is coming to the end of one's life. When people come to the end of their life, they have fundamental thoughts in their mind as to how their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome everybody to this first meeting of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying. It is a very important and profound debate that is worth having in a public forum. We are finally having it after a number of years. The benchmark for me was ten years ago, when Marie Fleming brought a case against the State in relation to her own situation. We should always be cognisant of those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been one high-profile case relating to Bernadette Forde and Gail O'Rorke, and Ms O'Rorke was acquitted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: I know we discussed disability and issues around coercion, but I was always struck by the New Zealand legislation. One of the main paragraphs concerned those who could not qualify for assisted dying being those of advanced age, those with a disability and those with mental health grounds. I fundamentally agree with that. Others may not, and I know we need to have a very nuanced and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 12. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start of 2023 and has risen 22-fold over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 35. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals, a third of the number completed in the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600 people on National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list and a further 250,000 people waiting for diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 67. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 73. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a professor of palliative medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a welcome step, but is still not working for many patients; if he will immediately publish a long-awaited review into the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: This week, Professor John Crown raised concerns regarding cancer patients with private health insurance in respect of not getting timely access to vital cancer medicines. There were major discrepancies regarding timely interventions by private health insurance companies. There were some waiting periods of up to two years in respect of these vital medicines. The Irish Cancer Society has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development (31 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reschedule the chemical compound psilocybin for medical research and medicinal purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/23]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this motion from Sinn Féin. It is very topical, very well thought out and very relevant to issues around respite. I worked in respite for a long time. It is an essential service for service users and families. It is like a home from home. You build friendships with clients and so forth and you really cannot put a price on that development, that friendship, that care and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that community neuro-rehabilitation is a vital support for people living with neurological conditions, a community neuro-rehabilitation team was promised for every Community Health Organisation (CHO) area but most have not been delivered; if he will commit to a timeline to establish a team in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) regulations 2023 will extend to Irish citizens who are prescribed cannabis medicines; if his Department has nominated a body to issue and verify such certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/23]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: This is the fifth anniversary of an historic referendum that changed Ireland. It gave a generational view to a new Ireland. It is in that context, and also in the context of the review by Marie O'Shea BL and the proposed Bill, that we are talking about abortion services in Ireland. The current legislation, as Ms O'Shea has said, is not fit for purpose. Ms O'Shea is unequivocal in her...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: Some lines have been crossed at some of the demonstrations. There is no doubt about that. It is unequivocal. Outside agitators are trying to sow fears and play on people's fears and hatred. Some of these are outside agitators who have an agenda, that is, to stoke fear and so forth. It is a testament to the Irish people that we have welcomed the vast majority of people to this country....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: We understand the police find themselves in difficult situations, but there are also question marks over where those lines have been blurred at demonstrations. Remember these demonstrations are outside where people live. Some of the policing has to be questioned. It is very light touch in comparison to what the Debenhams workers went through two years ago. There is a stark contrast in how...