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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Feb 2023)

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Nursing Homes (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the Attorney General following publication of his report on nursing home charges and the disabled persons maintenance allowance. [8833/23]

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: In an emergency we need emergency measures. I do not think anybody is disputing that we are in a deep crisis with housing. The State must do everything in its power to stop people going into homelessness. As we have stated many times, more than 10,000 people are in this situation. The housing crisis is now in its second decade. Fine Gael has been in power 12 years today. It is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody for their statements. When an ambulance is not available at a particular time, the DFB will send out a fire tender. How many times does that happen per year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is per year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: What is that as a proportion of all calls?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Why would it be the case that an ambulance is not available, requiring the DFB to intervene?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does it in any way compromise the medical event that is occurring if there is not an ambulance with the fire tender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Before the fire tender.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Mr. Keeley is saying such cases could happen 3,000 times a year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Paul Cullen wrote an article in The Irish Times a number of weeks ago relating to HIQA reports in 2014 or 2017 that indicated there remained discrepancies involving the duplication of services in Dublin. Have the issues raised in those two reports been addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: My final question relates to something that was not covered in Mr. Keeley's opening statement. A number of weeks ago, the committee heard testimony from healthcare workers regarding physical and verbal assaults in the workplace, which was shocking. Have members of the fire service been subjected to that degree of intimidation and violence in the workplace in recent years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Has the issue increased in recent years or has it always been the case that workers on the front line are subjected to this kind of assault?

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, I welcome the establishment of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. It is a very important debate and probably the most important of this generation where drug use is concerned. Why it took three years in the lifetime of this Government beggars belief and why it has taken decades to come to this level of discussion also beggars belief. We have seen other models across the world...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: A report by the trade union Mandate showed that two thirds of retail workers are earning less than €400 per week. It also clearly showed that companies are actively choosing to bypass offering hours to existing staff to keep the employer's costs down. The union has called for legislative change to the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018. Will the Government review the Act...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8579/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate his support for a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) who was killed in a hit-and-run by a driver while cycling near his home in Carrickmacross on 2 August 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8015/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (16 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: Will the Minister indicate his support for a public inquiry in relation to the death of Shane O'Farrell, which happened in August 2011? He was killed in a hit-and-run incident. Many of us would argue that death was completely unlawful and it could have been prevented. I would like to hear the Minister's opinion concerning the call from Shane's family and many of his supporters for a public...