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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: Many people working in the health service are put to the pin of their collar concerning everything going on. Turning to Mr. Kearns's statement, his critique of our health service is a breath of fresh air. This is how it can be corrected. Mr. Kearns uses words like "a joined-up, integrated approach to service planning and delivery and ... [empowerment of] those who deliver that care". Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: I hate using the "D" word but it sounds like, and the picture painted by Mr. Kearns suggests, there is absolute dysfunction at the heart of our health service in respect of how it is managed. Mr. Kearns drew the parallel with football.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: Regarding the RHAs, does Mr. Kearns believe that if they were constituted right now, this kind of dysfunction and these issues would be addressed? I refer to the parallel drawn with the situation on a football pitch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: It sounds like it will take considerable time to correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: Where will the six RHAs be placed geographically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Regional Health Areas Advisory Group (26 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: When I was growing up, the Eastern Health Board was the model of healthcare. It has evolved since. Some are quite nostalgic about the health boards. How different would such a model be from the one Mr. Kearns referred to in his statement?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: The Department of Health announced six specialist menopause clinics in recent weeks. This is very welcome in standardising women's health in Ireland. There is an issue with staffing but it is to be hoped that can be overcome. The issue I have been contacted about by a number of women in my constituency is in regard to the price. If a person does not have a medical card, he or she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 615. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [52954/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: We all agree that fundamental mistakes were made during this period. What happened in the pandemic was unprecedented in Ireland and across the world. We had never seen it before in our lifetime. What the relatives want and deserve to know is what happened to their family members in their final weeks or days. I just cannot comprehend a situation in which one's mother or father is in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: I agree with the Minister that we do not want a dragged out process where, at the end of the day, it is the barristers and solicitors who are enriched. The special Oireachtas committee on this issue recommended that a public inquiry take place. That committee had a lot of respect and was thorough in its investigation of events, particularly in the first 14 months. The other question...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the latest position on conducting a review of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52402/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: In the Government's lifetime, will it conduct a review of all Covid deaths in nursing homes during the pandemic, in particular during the first 14 to 15 months? More than 53% of all deaths took place in that environment. I would like a public inquiry into this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that she has taken and plans to take in response to the substantial shortcomings found on handling of 999 calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has submitted a report to the UN highlighting the case of a person, recommending that the investigation include consideration of issues of race and discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52408/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined, to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 119. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the CAMHS waiting list nationally; the number waiting for care for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dangerous under-staffing and overcrowding conditions in the Mater Hospital recently highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52399/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (20 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, the national drug treatment reporting system: 2015-2021 drug treatment data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [52406/22]