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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Dental Services (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate he has been provided with the script. It is very brief and provides no answers. It contains statements I do not believe are factually correct. The Minister has been given assurances that the Dental Council and the Orthodontic Society of Ireland are using their influence to encourage dental practitioners to support the patients. Dentists have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Kyne: I also wish to be associated with the condolences expressed on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and to congratulate King Charles III. I express my condolences to the British ambassador, all those British people resident in Ireland and indeed many Irish people resident in the UK.There was a welcome announcement in the last budget of €50 million in funding for wastewater treatment...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Kyne: The Minister of State is welcome to the Chamber. I commend my Fianna Fáil colleagues on tabling this Private Members' motion. It is timely in advance of the budget. There is no doubt the cost-of-living inflation is to fore of everybody's mind as we approach budget day. There is possibly a long winter ahead. The cost of energy and fuel is of particular concern. We all hope we have a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Cathaoirleach's office for selecting this Commencement matter today. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, to the House. I am raising this issue for two reasons. First, our climate action plan has ambitions in respect of the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels, particularly in energy production. The ambition is to generate significant renewable energy from wind,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive response and I welcome that MARA will be operational from next year. It will have a body of work to do on new applications which are made for wind energy. I also welcome that there will be, if I can put it like this, a screening of those projects which are going to be developed and a robust assessment of the potential offshore developments...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the ambassador to the Chamber. She is very welcome. I wish her well on her national day. I also take the opportunity on behalf of the Fine Gael group to thank the offices of the Cathaoirleach and the Leas-Chathaoirleach for their work and co-operation over the course of this term. I hope that all staff get a good and well-deserved break as well. I spoke previously, as did many...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: On Wednesday.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: On Wednesday.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Senator Higgins raised a number of important queries. I will slightly contradict myself. One could argue that if all anonymous complaints were being treated with the same level, and if they were all automatically being pursued, that would increase the level of anonymous complaints and there may be more vexatious complaints, on the one hand. On the other hand, and this is particularly in...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Amendment No. 9 is interesting in the context of this section. The section provides that a worker may make a report to the relevant Minister if one or more of a list of given conditions are met. It then goes on to talk about the head of the public body. To use the example of a Department, the Secretary General would be in charge. If an assistant secretary has engaged in wrongdoing, is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank Dr. Lambert for being here and for his work and advocacy on behalf of long Covid sufferers. Does he think that society and employers need more assurance that this is something that is really impacting on people? I feel that society has not accepted that long Covid is something that is real and impacting on people's lives and on their ability to perform in their jobs or live normal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Does Dr. Lambert have any estimate of the number of sufferers of long Covid in Ireland? Is it prevalent among any specific age cohort or gender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Dr. Lambert spoke about brain inflammation. Is this a recognisable medical condition that can be certified? Is it accepted among medics? People suffer from a range of conditions, but can a person be certified by a doctor or physician as being a sufferer of long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Okay. On the international evidence, Dr. Lambert has mentioned the UK and Italy. Is it certifiable as a condition in those countries? He mentioned the use of the PET scan, for example. Is that something we can learn from and follow here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Okay. On the community response, Dr. Lambert mentioned the need for occupational therapists, OTs, and physiotherapists. Again, they are dealing with the backlog that is there anyway and the usual pressures within the health system. This will add considerably to that pressure across the community setting. Is that a fair assertion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: Has there been any difference between any of the different strains of Covid as far as the severity of long Covid is concerned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Effects of Long Covid and Provision of Long Covid Care: Engagement with Dr. John Lambert (6 Jul 2022)

Seán Kyne: All right. I thank the Chairman.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Seán Kyne: To be honest, the insertions are a Bill in themselves. There is a lot of information that the Minister of State is adding at this Stage. To start with, the power to prescribe definition amendment No. 1 states, "The Commission may, by order, prescribe such period as it considers appropriate to be an election campaign period ...", and the definition, in amendment No. 84, of the "election...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State but he did not provide clarity in respect of concerns relating to disinformation and bots today being as relevant today as they are during an electoral campaign period. I ask him to comment on that. Amendment No. 27 refers to protecting the integrity of elections and referendums against disinformation. What about protecting political parties, the political...