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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Departments will immediately comply with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by prioritising and distinguishing disabled persons organisations, DPOs, in all consultations affecting disabled people. [15641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the National Transport Authority plans to prioritise for the Disabled Persons Organisations (as per Article 4 (3) and General Comment No. 7 of the CRPD), to disability-proof all current projects and plans in compliance with the CRPD. [15642/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is good. Over half the population rely on private health insurance. I know it is hard to predict but does Mr. Gloster expect there to be a knock-on effect over the next number of years with outpatient charges being dropped? That would be good. With the implementation of Sláintecare, will there be a knock-on effect on those who have to rely on private health insurance? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: Surely when Sláintecare is rolled out in the coming years, people will be less reliant on private health insurance? Surely that is the idea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes, that is the reality. I know the vast majority of people have access to the health system. It is a good system once people get into it. The problem is getting into it. Circumstances such as those described by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, with 600 people waiting on trolleys, are completely unacceptable. We hear of people waiting an inordinate amount of time to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: The INMO is on the front line and it states weekly that there are hundreds of people on trolleys. There are thousands of people waiting for a hospital bed. That is the reality and once that is fixed, we will have a system where we can say we have universal healthcare and where there is equality rather than inequality. I would like to get Mr. Gloster's opinion on his tenure. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (29 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. Gloster.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international division of his Department. [11609/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: There are over 900,000 people on some form of public hospital waiting list. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association, IHCA, stated it would take up to a decade to address that legacy issue. Its main thesis regarding the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, and the figures was capacity in all forms around acute situations and all forms of the hospital environment. This is a legacy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [12869/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15204/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend eligibility for CE schemes to people in direct provision, as has been done for Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that post-primary teachers have very limited secure ways to switch teaching roles; if she will enable transfers for teachers between education and training boards and establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers who wish to relocate and keep their permanent or contract of indefinite duration status; and if she...

Safe Staffing Levels in Hospitals: Statements (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is good that we are having this debate. There are serious issues around staffing levels in some of the hospitals in the State and particularly in emergency departments. This has been exacerbated by overcrowding and the inadequate bed capacity. The environment is not conducive to safety for the staff or the patients. There is something fundamentally wrong when nursing staff from...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: I disagree on the basis that there have been soundings, even from the Minister, and from other Ministers, on Ireland's neutrality. Let us look at the evidence. Why would Ireland participate in an EU battle group in the first place? Permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, also comes into play, as does the use of Shannon Airport as a military base. Millions of American troops have gone...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: I disagree again. Prior to the Minister stepping down as Taoiseach before Christmas, he went to the Council of the European Union and one of the main issues there was strengthening security and defence. All the evidence points towards the development of a European army when it comes to Ireland's neutrality and its place in the world, which has deep respect across the international...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: I never said that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: No. The Minister is making things up.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (23 Mar 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has any concern regarding Irish military neutrality following the decision for Irish troops to be withdrawn from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, in the Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border for participation in the German-led EU battle group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13380/23]