Results 41-60 of 3,850 for speaker:Gino Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Gino Kenny: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will raise the matter with decision-making officials in Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14209/24]

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: The Minister will agree that nobody should be homeless, regardless of where they are from. That could be Dublin, Cork, Belfast or Galway. Nobody should be homeless in this day and age. We can all agree that for decades the policy has been free-market ideology that has normalised homelessness. It has put people on the street and without shelter. At the moment, there are 14,000 people in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: Yesterday was a seismic day in more ways than one in Leinster House. The Joint Committee on Assisted Dying made 38 recommendations in its report, which was published yesterday. One of the main recommendations from the report was to legislate for assisted dying. I believe that this issue transcends politics and ideas and that now is the time to give a commitment and make preparations in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 152. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Government's plan to bring forward legislation to remove the Triple Lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13559/24]

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: I commend Sinn Féin on tabling this very important motion on public health. There is no doubt there are deficits in public health throughout the country. Some areas are worse than others. There are circumstances as to why there are deficits. which can come down to a lack of recruitment and the retention of staff. A big issue with keeping people in the health service is the price of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (20 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 1534. To ask the Minister for Health following an Inquiry (details supplied) on the investigation into the retention of baby’s organs and other individuals whose organs were taken without their families consent, what procedures and protocols were given to notify individuals that their loved ones organs were removed; if apologies were issued to affected families; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: In recent weeks, there have been quite startling reports regarding accommodation for young people and Tusla. These facilities have been deemed inappropriate and unsuitable. Enormous amounts of money, up to €50 million a year, go towards these providers. Some of the providers have been struck off in the context of the service they provide. This is a very serious issue. Obviously,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: I was there.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: I acknowledge what the Tánaiste says. I acknowledge that Ireland has done more than the rest of the European Union in calling out what Israel has been doing, and not only in the past six months. If you go to the Middle East, you will find that people from Palestine are very generous in their comments on what the Irish people have done and the empathy we have shown, but we have not done...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: Try it out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: People said that of South Africa in the 1980s.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: The same-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his European counterparts about placing sanctions on Israel for its bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10255/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: Given the cataclysmic circumstances in Gaza at the moment, has the Tánaiste spoken to his European counterparts with regard to sanctions on Israel and what will the European Union and this country do about the terrible events that are going on in Gaza at the moment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: What we are witnessing at the moment and have witnessed in the past six months in Gaza is and has been almost unbearable to look at. I do not know if the Tánaiste saw the report on the BBC the other day where 15 children died basically of malnutrition. It was unbelievable just to see that. Imagine being there and being the mother or father of that child. This is being done in real...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: I have been, Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement to date with his EU counterparts and members of the UN Security Council on the potential Israeli attack on Rafah; his views on the statements by the Secretary General of the UN regarding "An all-out Israeli offensive on the city” (Rafah); what Irelands response to such an attack would be; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the situation concerning the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Iraq and his Departments work in providing consular assistance for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Israeli attack on Rafah would have implications to Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day arrangements and engagements in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Gino Kenny: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s position on the situation in the Western Sahara; if he has discussed this situation with his counterparts in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10254/24]