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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: In the past number of days, there have been reports in the media about people having adverse reactions to cannabis. This is quite concerning but where there is no regulation, someone will fill the gap and that is the black market. It is in everyone's interest in respect of harm reduction and regulation that there would be a different model for cannabis. In the absence of regulation, people...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: He took extra minutes.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: We are living in very dangerous times, when the norms of international law, even in warfare, are being breached on a daily basis. We only have to look at what is taking place in Gaza. The pictures and images of what Israel is doing to human beings - children, women and men - are incomprehensible. In that context, Irish neutrality has always been sacred. It has been sacred from the...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I do have not much time, but there are brutal times and happy times in all of our lives. The happy time is today, when we can celebrate and welcome the recognition of Palestine. Some people will call it symbolic, but symbolism brings huge hope across the world. Where there is hope, there is solidarity and friendship from the people of Ireland. However, there are also brutal times. Those...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister of State.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I hope the Minister of State will be able to shed some light on what is happening with Lucan Lodge Nursing Home. There is a lot of uncertainty about its future. The 73 residents and 85 staff have been told recently that the nursing home might close down. This is having an effect on the relatives of the residents. There is a great deal of stress about what is happening. I understand...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (23 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: This is a set of extraordinary circumstances. Googling this operator, it claims to be a multibillion dollar health provider in the United States. It is not some makeshift provider by any means. It has enormous assets behind it. Alarm bells are ringing about its very rudimentary fire compliance both in Sally Park and Lucan Lodge nursing homes. There are very serious questions to be asked...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I am sure the Taoiseach, as a former health Minister, he is concerned about an article in The Irish Times on Monday on accessibility to cancer drugs. I will just quote some of what the oncologists said. They said public patients are facing huge delays in accessing cancer drugs and that a two-tier health system exists in the context of cancer drugs. They stated that less effective cancer...

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I commend the Social Democrats on introducing a motion on this important issue. The Minister of State attended a briefing by the Dental Council and the Irish Dental Association at the Joint Committee on Health a number of weeks ago. The picture they portrayed was stark in respect of oral healthcare in Ireland. The reality is that 80% of oral and dental healthcare is privatised. That was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I do not trivialise the situations the Irish Defence Forces have encountered but there is a distinct narrative by the Government that Irish neutrality is up for grabs. The Tánaiste can shake his head all he wants but the rhetoric coming from the Government and EU leaders is that we are almost in a pre-war situation in Europe. We in the Opposition have been very concerned about this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: I agree with the Tánaiste that the UN Security Council is dysfunctional. Look at the role of the United States with regard to Israel and its conduct over the past seven months, whereby 35,000 people have been killed including 15,000 children. Think about this. It is absolutely dysfunctional. The United States has played a completely detrimental role in international relations. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what type of operations Irish military forces might engage in that are not currently allowed under the UN Charter if the triple lock is removed ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will retain the triple lock per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: My questions relate to the triple lock. What type of operations does the Tánaiste envisage the Irish military forces being engaged in that are not allowed under the UN Charter if the triple lock is removed?

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: There seems to be consensus on the concept of universal care. This debate is on universal healthcare or Sláintecare, that is, a national health service. We all try to strive for that system. Such a system has been proven to have better outcomes for everybody. Whether people are on social welfare or are a millionaire, they should have access to universal healthcare. The outcomes are...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Today is Nakba Day. Seventy-six years ago today, 600,000 Palestinians were expelled from Palestine. Palestinians across the world mark this day and recall the catastrophe that continues to this day. No adjectives could sum up what is happening to the people in Gaza at the moment. There is persecution and the people are being tormented, brutalised, murdered, exiled and jailed. I could go...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Are there any sanctions against Israel?

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Are there any sanctions against Israel?

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: Could somebody answer that question? Are there any sanctions against Israel for murdering 15,000 children?

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Gino Kenny: No, I do not know the answer.