Results 121-140 of 1,261 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Gino Kenny

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

Gino Kenny: So do I.

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I acknowledge the really good work all our healthcare workers do on the front line of the health service. We rely on them so much for our care and everybody else's care. I am very critical of the inequalities in our health system but, as I have said many times, once people get into the public system, it is a very good system. They are treated very well and their experience is the best it...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use will meet for the final time this weekend. It has been going on for the last six months and was a much-needed debate. All indications from the assembly will point to a different approach. We have had an approach that has failed for the last six decades. Indications from the assembly are that they will call for decriminalisation and possibly regulation,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am.

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The only thing that brings about peace is a political settlement - a settlement that means people can coexist regardless of their creed. That coexistence cannot exist under a system of oppression and occupation. In fact, it is an affront to the concept. Nobody wants to see anybody die, regardless of whether they are Jewish, Muslim, Christian or of no religion at all, but decades of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is huge concern about a cohort of patients who rely on new drugs and treatments. Bizarrely, in this year's budget the funding for these treatments has been taken away. This will affect thousands of patients. Like all Deputies, I received an email about a person who relies on a particular drug and has been told by their doctor that they will not get it. The person will have to leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [43871/23]

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I too welcome the O'Farrell family. We have spoken about Shane many times over the last seven or eight years. One does not have to have a forensic mind to understand that Shane O'Farrell should have been alive today. We should not even be speaking about him but because of systematic failures in all strands of the authorities, Shane is dead and we cannot bring him back. There is one thing...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is very obvious that we should not be in this position. It should not have come to this. These workers provide a vital service in our community, yet they have to potentially go on strike on Tuesday. That is embarrassing. There is no disrespect to the Minister and to the Minister of State personally, but it is embarrassing. This country is awash with money and for the money they are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The people of Gaza are paying an absolutely terrible price for the crimes of Israel.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Already 300 children have been killed by bombs by the Israeli state. These are tantamount to war crimes. Cutting off electricity, with no medical supplies and no food, to 2 million people is tantamount to a war crime. What has happened over the past week would sicken anybody in this House. Nobody wants to see anybody die. Will the Tánaiste use his influence as the Minister for...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am going to concentrate my time on all matters relating to health. The budget in regard to health has been very low key and quite bland. Normally, in my experience of budgets in these Houses, health budgets have been headline news regarding the level of provision and so forth, but this budget has not delivered on anything in the form of proposals relating, in particular, to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community safety innovation fund will be extended next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43854/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: What future does the community safety innovation fund have? I understand it is in its infancy but could the Minister lay out its future over the next two to three years?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is very welcome that there is extra funding for this initiative. My only criticism is that it is not targeted as it should be. In areas which have been subjected to criminal activity by these gangs, one will find areas of deprivation where this manifests itself. The funding should be a bit more targeted with respect to these particular areas. It is welcome, however. It raises the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: A somewhat bigger question, which I am unsure if the Minister will be able to answer, is how to undercut criminal gangs in this country. Such gangs are largely profiteering and generating money through the drug industry. That is essentially what they are doing. Robbing banks is yesterday's kind of activity for criminal gangs. These gangs generate enormous amounts of money through the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use met for the penultimate time. All indications from the assembly point to a liberalisation of our drugs policy. We have had six decades of this and it has been largely a failure. If the recommendations are for decriminalisation and forms of regulation, will the Government implement those recommendations? According to the chair, Mr. Paul...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the detail of the Defence Forces' vision statement, mentioned in the Strategic Framework: Transformation of the Defence Forces document; if it would have any impact on Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42519/23]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (28 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his recent engagements at the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/23]

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: Whoever thought that lifting the eviction ban was a good idea needs to reflect. In this case it was the Government. Since the eviction ban was lifted hundreds of families have moved into emergency accommodation. This is a fact. They should not be in this situation, which the Government has created for thousands of families. This stems back to the policy of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil...