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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately provide resources for local authorities to allow them to put emergency tenancy action teams in place that will pursue both the acquisition of local authority houses and tenancies for the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme so that all available tenancies and purchases are chased down;...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: It will be difficult.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I will not be able to say it all in just two minutes. I need four or five minutes.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: Could I give the shortest speech probably ever heard in the Dáil?

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: That is just too little.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I thank Deputy Sherlock very much. Deputy Sherlock will need a doppelganger.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: We are all God's children, as the saying goes.

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: It is with great pleasure that I support this motion to abolish water charges and Irish Water, and to call for a referendum to safeguard water resources by securing them in public ownership. I am here today in no small part due to the historic water charges movement which demolished the Fine Gael Government's attempt to privatise the water service. From the beginning, Fine Gael shaped...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (25 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to afford a full stamp to persons who are in receipt of the carer's allowance in order that, in the event of their carer's job ending, they are eligible for full benefits and in recognition of the service they are providing to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/16]

Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Egypt; the reason for the delay in the person's release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/16]

Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: As the Minister knows, Mr. Halawa has been in prison for the last 1,000 days, which is over three years, without trial. His continuing mistreatment is completely unacceptable and is causing his family untold stress. While there are probably moves going on in the background by the Government to try to get Mr. Halawa released, at this stage the Taoiseach needs to intervene and talk to his...

Other Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister. What is worrying is Egypt's diabolical justice system. Currently, 492 individuals are awaiting a mass trial and Ibrahim is one of them. Even the EU has rightly criticised Egypt's record on selective justice because it is slightly archaic. I understand the Government is trying to do its best to free him but I reiterate that if there is no conclusion by the end of June...

Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for detailed information on the trade in goods and services between Ireland and Israel including restrictions on such trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/16]

Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: By any stretch of the imagination, Israel is not a normal state. Its very existence was born out of brutality and racism. As such, we should treat it as an abnormal state. People might be surprised by how much trade we do with Israel, particularly in the arms industry. Since 2005, Ireland has spent €15 million on military imports from Israel and has sold €6.5 million of...

Other Questions: Trade Data (26 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I should be allowed to reply.

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (1 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: It is good we are having this debate because this issue affects everybody, regardless of who they are and where in the country they live. The perpetual crisis of our health system mirrors the glaring inequalities of society in Ireland today. According to public health experts, health outcomes and our general well being are deeply affected by inequality in income and inequality in access to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (1 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 191. To ask the Minister for Health to include the chronic long-term illnesses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme established under the 1970 Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14009/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Retirements (2 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the impending retirement of a consultant who specialises in a number of rare eye disorders in children is causing an extreme amount of concern and stress among the families affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13748/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (2 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 93. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to refund the €100 statutory charge to patients who register at emergency departments in the hope of being treated, but leave before being discharged because of onerous waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (8 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the objective of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is to permit the sale of unlabelled hormone injected beef and unlabelled genetically modified organism products from the US to be sold in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/16]