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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (14 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have arrived here under the European Union refugee programme; and the schedule for future arrivals. [6666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 321. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to change the practice in direct provision which precludes asylum seekers from accessing kitchen facilities and cooking their own food. [6667/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (14 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the companies which provide food in the direct provision centres. [6668/16]

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: Yes and I do not think I will be heckled.

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: I hope not. Will the Ceann Comhairle give me some extra time? This will take about five minutes.

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: As a care assistant for the past 16 years, the best education I ever got in life was working with the wonderful people I was lucky enough to care for. Sometimes the people in my care were coming to the end of their lives, while others were beginning a long and arduous journey of convalescence and rehabilitation. This gratifying work and life experience, making a positive contribution to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with an autism spectrum disorder in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children who are on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7963/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with developmental disorders other than autism spectrum disorders in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children who are on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with an intellectual disability in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7966/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (21 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with a mental health difficulty in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7965/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (21 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with an autism spectrum disorder receiving special needs supports, special needs assistants, resource teaching and so on in primary and secondary schools in the Dublin mid-west constituency and the number being supported in special classes in the constituency. [7967/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Gino Kenny: I am glad we are having this debate because no family in Ireland has not been affected by mental health issues. Our sense of mental well-being and contentment is one of the most important attributes that we have in society. Since the economic crisis in 2008, however, austerity has wreaked social havoc. It is not only bad for one's pocket or job prospects but for one's physical and mental...

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: If there is one thing we can all agree on, it is that climate change is a clear and present danger. Though it may seem abstract and far away at times, climate change increasingly brings reality home to everyone's lives, with heavy rainfall, storms and floods causing distress and dislocation in people's lives. In her book, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein points out that the natural...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I was elected by the people of Dublin Mid-West as a voice against the ideology of austerity. Austerity seeks to punish collectively the working people of this country for the greed of a few. That few, who caused financial and economic chaos, thought they had got away with the perfect robbery. They almost did, until the people of Ireland rose up against the imposition of water charges....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform or abolish direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10140/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Extension (17 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements for taxpayers receiving tax relief at source on mortgage interest payments from 2017 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (17 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 918. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has decided to end routine eye screening of fifth and six class primary schoolchildren under the primary schoolchildren optical scheme without offering an alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to end the pay discrimination in relation to teachers who took up posts from 2011 onwards and to end unequal pay for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10830/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Pavee Point (19 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I am here to replace Deputy Ruth Coppinger.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Pavee Point (19 May 2016)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. It is absolutely shocking and unbelievable that the rate of suicide among Traveller men is seven times higher than the average. It is shocking when one hears this in black-and-white terms. If they get a chance, the witnesses might comment on how this issue can be dealt with as this is a national disgrace.