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

Gino Kenny: Has there been much interest in the posts?

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

Gino Kenny: As I said from the outset there are huge challenges in recruitment. Are there any incentives for nurses and doctors who are being recruited internally and externally to mitigate any costs of coming to Ireland such as rental costs? That is a huge issue. Some people that have just qualified will say, "I will take my chances elsewhere. I am not going to work in the Irish public system because...

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

Gino Kenny: Accommodation issues are the practical things people will think about when they are coming to Ireland. Are there any situations where that can be addressed in relation to accommodation for medical professionals?

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

Gino Kenny: Would the HSE consider it?

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

Gino Kenny: On the accident and emergency departments, there are enormous challenges regarding the staffing environment. For those of us who have tried to access accident and emergency departments, it would be an understatement to say the experience has been quite dramatic. I have personal experience from a number of family members that have gone through the accident and emergency department; the...

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

Gino Kenny: It continuously happens. If it was any other profession, those with responsibility for accident and emergency departments or health services would be sacked. There are no two ways around it. Some 27,000 patients who went to access accident and emergency departments across the State left without being treated in the first three months of this year. That is not acceptable. I would like to...

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

Gino Kenny: Why does it continually happen? It happens every single year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: We all know that there are enormous challenges in our emergency departments currently. Recently, the Irish Examinerreported that over 27,000 people were in emergency departments and they left without being treated. That is extremely worrying and it is a terrible reflection on the Government’s health policy. Is this a reflection that the health policy of the Government has failed?

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: We all knew that this day would come. Her family and close friends knew that this day would come. Vicky herself knew, deep down, that this day would come. We took Vicky into our collective hearts and now all our hearts are broken. I got to know Vicky a number of years ago in relation to the issue around assisted dying and she was vocal about that issue. She said to us that no matter what...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a policy change by the company operating the NCT service which sees unqualified staff conducting vehicle tests; if his Department has any concerns over the safety issues of using unqualified staff in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the current crisis of bus driver shortages and recruitment; the way in which the BusConnects programme can be implemented in Dublin, given the failure to retain and recruit sufficient drivers by all companies that are needed for the expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are in receipt of the disability allowance on a community employment scheme who started before 16 November 2022 will be issued with the one-off cost-of-living payment of €500 given that reports show that persons with a disability are the most vulnerable to poverty; and if the matter will be examined....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be carried out of community employment schemes with a focus on persons with a disability, given that it is currently not suitable for disability allowance recipients (details supplied). [56542/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I wish to express my solidarity with the tech workers this week with regard to the possible layoffs in the tech sector. The last week has shown that tech companies are quite ambiguous about employment laws in Ireland. There are penalties for breaching employment law in respect of notice of redundancy. Has the Tánaiste made the tech companies aware of this law and the penalties for...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I commend the Regional Group and Deputy Naughten for his continued work on long Covid. We are three years into this pandemic. The world did not know the term "Covid-19" until three years ago. Since then, this virus has claimed millions of lives, affected hundreds of millions of people and caused economic chaos across the world. Many of us who got Covid-19 have recovered fully, thankfully....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (9 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 115. To ask the Minister for Health the new actions that he is proposing to take, in light of the news that over 27,000 persons left Ireland's emergency departments before receiving treatment between July and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55686/22]

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this good motion on home care. It is a good critique of where we are at the moment. There is no argument, here or outside here, but that older people are better off being cared for at home. I have experienced that as a care worker myself and in the past six or seven months of my mother's life when she was cared for at home. Home is where our parents want to be. It is where they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review tax increases for BIK tax on company cars (details supplied). [54986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a recommendation from the Office of the Planning Regulator in relation to the South Dublin County Council development plan 2022-2028; if so, the content of the recommendation; and the action that he is taking on foot of receipt of the recommendation. [54955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: 440. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the likely declaration of famine in Somalia; the steps that the Irish Government proposes to do in regard to this deteriorating situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54748/22]