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Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...greatest challenge but it is also having its finest hour. When we, as a society, have needed them the most, healthcare workers have been there for us. The members of the nursing profession have a long, illustrious history of caring not only for their own profession, but also for society as a whole. They have seen the terrible impact that Covid-19 has had on their colleagues. Thousands...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...Minister have personal confidence in board members of GRI, especially following the comments made about Deputy Cairns? Does the Minister have confidence in the greyhound industry as a whole in the short term or the long term? As a layperson, it seems this industry is not fit for purpose. It tolerates dire animal welfare standards that should not be tolerated, especially when the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 942. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department acknowledges that there is a significant cohort who have not recovered following Covid-19 infection and who are experiencing long Covid; if multidisciplinary post Covid-19 countrywide clinics will be established which will include occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nutritionists and counsellors; if it will be ensured that best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: 943. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that information, guidance and guidelines will be made available to employers in relation to the management of workers with long Covid; if clarity will be provided with regard to the medical and financial entitlements of those with long Covid; if accurate and up-to-date information will be provided on the HSE website in regard to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (11 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...quote it in full but I will quote extensive parts of it. The Minister stated: I am deeply dismayed to learn of the demolition by Israeli authorities on 3 November of more than 70 structures, belonging to 11 Palestinian families in the community of Humsa Al Bqai'a in the northern Jordan Valley. These demolitions include residential, livelihood and sanitation facilities. [...] The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan: HSE (11 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...Organisation said that 50 nurses a week were out of work due to Covid-19. That is quite stark. Healthcare staff have been at the front line of Covid. How many health workers are out of work on a long-term basis due to Covid-19 in the health service? The narrative has been that healthcare workers in Ireland have been greatly affected, and its infection rates among healthcare workers is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Review of Budget 2021: Minister for Health (4 Nov 2020)

Gino Kenny: Is the Minister confident that during his tenure, regardless of how long it will last, he can meet capacity with regard to ICU beds and the requirement of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, which has said that we need 579 beds? That is 260 more than we will have at the end of next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions in what is a very difficult time for everybody. My question is short but the answer may be long. What do Ms Magahy and Mr. Sullivan say to the charge that Sláintecare is largely aspirational, ambiguous on the issue of private healthcare, too technocratic and resistant to reform and that in the ten-year implementation programme universal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 Sep 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...raise the issue of the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos in Greece. As the Minister of State is aware, a fire two weeks ago destroyed the camp and people were left destitute. All their belongings were destroyed and thousands of people are now without any kind of shelter on the island. This is a humanitarian crisis that has been festering for many years and has not been...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...will recommend a review of all deaths in nursing homes. I read the report this morning. It is damning. In fact, it is beyond damning. One statistic, which I will not cite because it is quite a long section, is that 60% of the nursing homes that were assessed had weak governance and management during the public health emergency. The alarm bells are going off, not only for Deputies but...

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...childcare workers. It seems like years ago but it happened five months ago, with at least 15,000 to 20,000 people attending that demonstration. It was one of the best demonstrations I had been on in a long time. Those workers were demanding a couple of simple things, including, obviously, pay and conditions. The early years educational sector is not working for those workers, it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jul 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...and Skills if she will review the decision to locate new temporary educate together facilities and buildings on a site adjacent to a school (details supplied) which has been earmarked for a long-awaited extension to the school that had been agreed by her predecessor; if she will ensure the redevelopment of the school on the earmarked site and identify another location for the school which...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Gino Kenny: .... It has taken a significant toll on many people and is almost unquantifiable in terms of its extent. The unintended consequences that will arise as a result will probably be with us for a long time. The fault lines in the public services that have not met the needs or demands of the populace through the past 12 months have become clear in the past four months. There has been much...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...a number of women in Dublin Mid-West about the length of time it takes to get an appointment which is not acceptable, either post-Covid or pre-Covid. There is no logic in women having to wait so long. We now need to look at the long term, the short term and so forth. Based on what Covid has done to society, we need to increase capacity regarding resources, nurses and access to public...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: It is a long time since we needed the environment and nature so much. The darkness of the pandemic has drawn us to parks, canals and other amenities to which we would not normally be drawn, and that is a very good thing. There is a new appreciation for our surroundings, which is also a really good thing. Canals such as the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal are probably being more used than...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Gino Kenny: ...be funded from the point of central taxation. I welcome that places will be available for front-line workers. I think a figure of 5,000 was mentioned for the home setting. Why did it take so long for that to happen? Why did it take nine weeks to happen after all the schools were closed in the State? A large number of front-line workers were extremely frustrated about getting access...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: It is welcome that, under the women's health task force, endometriosis will be reviewed and so forth. I think, however, that most women looking at this debate tonight will ask why it has taken so long to address this issue. There is a paternal narrative in healthcare and over the past two or three years, in particular, we have seen women being let down completely, not only by the health...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Conditions (17 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: ..., it will take nine years to get a diagnosis. As a person who had very little knowledge of the condition, I find it truly shocking that so many women can suffer in silence and that it takes so long for a diagnosis of endometriosis. Some women have to travel abroad to Romania or Britain, not only for surgery but also for fertility treatment. Endometriosis has almost become the Cinderella...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: ...look like for the private sector, which I know is slightly more problematic? If 80% of the Traveller community are unemployed, an extraordinary statistic, what does the pathway look like and how long could it take to make an impact?

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (5 Dec 2019)

Gino Kenny: That is quite a long and detailed statement. It is informative for the people who are listening. I am somewhat concerned about some of what the Minister of State said, especially at the end, that this is not expected to be available in Ireland for a further period. How long is that further period? That is slightly worrying. People have been waiting for three years for these products to...