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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: This is obviously a great deal of money which could be better spent elsewhere in the health service.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: The Minister said 126,000 people have been paid the pandemic recognition payment. How much of the €189 million has been spent?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: So there is €60 million left. Does the Minister know what percentage of section 39 bodies and those who are working in the private sector still have not received the pandemic payment?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: The Minister can understand why people who were working at the height of the pandemic in the private sector or in nursing homes could be very peed off in respect of this. Despite the goodwill, which was welcomed last January, these people have still not been paid.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: It is a very good thing, but it is just the way it was delivered. We all agree with it, but people not receiving this payment for a period of up to a year takes the goodwill out of it.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: Hopefully, it is-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday, with other Deputies, I attended the launch of the "Final Report – Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme" by Dr. Gabriel Scally. It was an uplifting briefing but it was also sombre. One could not help thinking of all the women who should have been here today had it not been for the systemic failures in the cervical cancer screening programme. A...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to enable a person who is at least 18 years of age to have possession, for the person’s personal use, of either or both cannabis and cannabis resin that in each case does not exceed a specified amount and to provide for related matters. I am thankful that I am introducing...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: As the Minister noted, these allegations are of the utmost seriousness in regard to our Defence Forces. There is a frustration in respect of the interim report. The Women of Honour, who have made these allegations, would like to see that interim report and I think they have every justification in that regard. My understanding is that a number of other victims have come forward in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: From the outset, there have been issues with the terms of reference of the review. I understand that witnesses cannot be compelled, so there is something of a failure in that regard. If the Women of Honour, at this juncture, do not have full confidence in the review group and its interim report, that sets alarm bells ringing. The people who have made these allegations will not be included...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress of the interim report by the independent review group into sexual abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: My question is on the interim report by the independent review group on sexual abuse in the Defence Forces. This is the most serious of matters. The Women of Honour group has brought this to the attention not only of the Army but also the State. It wants an update on the interim report, which the Minister has probably seen.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recruitment and retention crisis in the Irish Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that the number of personnel going AWOL in the Defence Forces will hit a ten-year high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that two in every three primary schools in Dublin does not have its full quota of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that special education needs teachers are being diverted to other classes simply to keep schools open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58364/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank the officials for their opening statement. This is good legislation that I hope will make the nursing home environment safer for everybody. I wish to pick up Deputy Hourigan's point about an unregistered premises. Will the officials give us an example of an unregistered nursing home setting? Have they ever come across that? It would seem that if something is not registered alarm...