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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is welcome, but people will want to know when the review will become public and the mechanism. Obviously, it has to be brought before the Cabinet. Will it go before the health committee? It would be good for members of that committee to scrutinise it. It is nearly five years since the referendum, which is hard to believe, and four years since the legislation was implemented. There...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: Can the Minister state when the report will be made available to Deputies or the health committee, and also to the public? Several people have probably read the review. Does the report recommend legislative change? Regarding the fundamentals of the current legislation, there is a lot to be changed, including in regard to the 12-week period and the criminalisation of doctors. Doctors are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: This month?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the review of abortion laws in Ireland will be published; the steps he will take to ensure the law is amended to fully reflect the repeal referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abortion Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: My question centres around the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. The review has been published and, hopefully, the Minister will be able to furnish that in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 25. To ask the Minister for Health why PCR testing centres have been closed despite a recent uptick in infections and hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 76. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of public health cover for people with serious and life-long allergies, and the significant financial costs they face, such as for epi-pens, eye drops and other medications; if he will confirm that people who suffer from serious allergies will be entitled to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 78. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a public inquiry into the CAMHS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/23]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister for furnishing the Estimates. My first question relates to the capital spend of €1.1 billion. Can the minister give us a breakdown of how that money will be spent in the context of the overall budget?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is no shortage of money for the overall health budget, which is good. As we have seen, however, we can have all the money that we want but it is extremely important that we recruit and retain staff. Deputy Cathal Crowe alluded to the introduction of additional payments and premia for specialist healthcare staff. If there was additional pay, nursing and other front-line staff could...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is precedent because specific workers in other jurisdictions are given additional payments to work in healthcare settings.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: It would not be out of the ordinary for this State to do so.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: Is the Minister in a position to answer my initial question about capital expenditure?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is good. It is very welcome that 970 extra beds have been included in the public health system, but that figure excludes critical care beds. How many critical care beds have been provided since the start of this decade or over the past three years?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: Can I presume that the number of critical care beds will increase incrementally over the next couple of years?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is welcome that a lot of good work has been done to improve women's health services. Again, the funding for endometriosis services is welcome. Endometriosis is very prevalent. One of the criticisms levelled by women who suffer with the condition is that GPs are unable to diagnose it and thus provide care. Some women have had to wait many years before being diagnosed. Others have had...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: Will that expand over time?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of long delays at the Immigration Service Delivery, ISD, formerly the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, in response to citizenship applications; that this issue is one of great importance to thousands of individuals and their families and creates real consequential limitations on their lives in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (18 Apr 2023)

Gino Kenny: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that a person (details supplied) was sentenced to five years in jail in December 2022 and is currently in Limerick Prison for donating medical cannabis to people suffering pain; if he will change the law in this regard and release the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17671/23]