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

Gino Kenny: That is fair enough. My next question is on the nursing home sector. It has evolved over the past 25 years. Back then, the vast majority of homes were publicly run but that is now reversed and the majority are privately-owned. Given the disparate nature of that sector, it is not surprising there is not much joined-up thinking and that, as Ms Casey said in her statement, it is very...

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

Gino Kenny: If there was more public ownership in this environment, there would be more joined-up thinking. One would think that. That was the weakness with what happened during the pandemic due, as I said, to the disparate nature of the nursing home sector. Out of the 570 registered premises in the nursing home sector, how many residents are in full-time care? Do the officials have that number?

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

Gino Kenny: How co-operative is the nursing home sector, especially the privately-owned portion, with the Department or HIQA in the collection of this kind of data, which is beneficial for the two bodies?

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

Gino Kenny: I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that he has taken on behalf of Ireland at UN level and EU level relating to the protest movement in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57534/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: A year and a half ago, the Joint Committee on Justice recommended a special committee on the issue of assisted dying. To my knowledge, there is no impediment to the establishment of that committee. Can the Taoiseach give a commitment to the many people who have been following this issue that the committee will be established before Christmas because it has gone on far too long? We need to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent United Nations committee decision to adopt a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57535/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish position on Israel's condemnation of so-called American "interference" in the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any recent engagement that he has had with the ambassadors of Ukraine and Russia to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the repression of the Uyghur people in China by the Chinese state; his plans on behalf of Ireland, given Ireland's position on the UN Security Council and in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the pressure of the lack of secondary school places in the Clondalkin area for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that frontline workers who were asked to return to work back in the Irish healthcare system under the "be on call for Ireland" campaign do not receive PRSI contribution benefits for dental check or glasses, due to the fact that 2020 contributions are calculated and if they have not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that plans for the redeployment of those working as Covid swabbers and testers for the HSE, who are due to finish up on 21 November 2022, will be guaranteed job before Christmas (details supplied). [57522/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: My question is on the shortage of secondary school places. I can speak for Clondalkin in the constituency I represent, Dublin Mid-West. The shortage is so acute at the moment that a number of schools have large waiting lists of 50, 60 or 70 students. What normally happens is that most students will find a school in their vicinity. In the academic year starting next September, though,...

Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I wish to share time with Deputy Bríd Smith.

Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: We will see how it goes. I welcome the motion tabled by the Rural Independent Group. It is a good motion which touches on many issues concerning energy. One of the issues I wish to reference relates to the proliferation of data centres in the country. I refer specifically to the South Dublin County Council area where, currently, there are close to 50 data centres. It has the highest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if public health nurses will no longer be carrying out developmental routine baby and child checks unless the child is recommended by a medical practitioner as priority or considered priority by a public health nurse (details supplied); and if so, the reason that developmental routine checks for all children are no longer available. [56805/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I thank all our guests for coming and for their statements today. I will start off with a comment the Irish Medical Organisation made very recently. It said the winter plan had increasingly become a media exercise rather than a meaningful intervention. What do the witnesses say to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, the witnesses would reject the sentiment that it is basically a rehash of funding and interventions of previous plans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: How many of the 608 new posts have been filled? I understand there are huge challenges with the recruitment of medical professionals, not only in Ireland but across the world. How many of those posts have been filled thus far?