Results 1-14 of 14 for cork speaker:Gino Kenny

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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (26 Apr 2022)

Gino Kenny: ..., which amounts to approximately €70 million a year. Clondalkin Equine Club is asking for a very small amount. Urban horse ownership is a great tradition in working-class areas in Limerick, Cork and Dublin. It stems from the movement of people from inner cities to suburbs and the tradition of horses being used both for work and as a hobby. There are 20 horses stabled at the club...

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...I wish to speak about this document. It is important that perinatal mental health services have been advocated for. I welcome that there will be more specialists, not only in Dublin but also in Cork. From my understanding of endometriosis, on which I do actually not have much information, a large number of women are not being diagnosed and have had to go elsewhere to get treatment. ...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Gino Kenny: No, it relates to the proposed liquefied natural gas, LNG, site at the Port of Cork.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Gino Kenny: It essentially indicates that the memorandum of understanding from the Port of Cork states that it still wants to import the fracked LNG. Is the Government against this or is it the Government's policy to have such a facility not only in Shannon but also the Port of Cork? This is from the Minister's Department.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Gino Kenny: I would like the Minister to explain a reply my party member Deputy Bríd Smith got on the proposed liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal at the Port of Cork. With regard to climate action, this represents a quite substantial shift. Many in this Chamber believed that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were moving away from the concept of LNG terminals. Let me quote material from the talks...

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Gino Kenny: ...offices in rural areas, which has had a hugely detrimental effect on many villages. Responsibility for this lies squarely with the management of An Post, not the workers who have served the centre in Cork very well for the past 16 years. We are calling for An Post to reverse this decision because of the detrimental effect it will have on the workers.

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...for Health for medicinal cannabis and have to leave the country. Not only that, it costs €4,500 for three months’ supply. That is in the case of Ava Barry who lives in the Tánaiste’s county of Cork. This issue is a complete mess not only on Opposition Bills, but on medicinal cannabis. While the House fumbles, people are suffering.

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (16 Jan 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...European countries, it is not available for those living with PKU in Ireland. The drug has the potential to transform a person living with PKU. The irony, incredibly, is that the drug is made in Cork and that Ireland has the highest rate of PKU, a genetic condition, in the world. I understand a decision will be made on provision of the drug soon. Hopefully, the Minister of State will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Evaluating Orphan Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...in 2009, it has been approved for use in 20 European countries and Ireland has one of the highest rates of PKU in the world. More bizarre is the fact that Kuvan is made here in Ireland in County Cork. I have outlined all of the mitigating circumstances for Kuvan to be approved as a drug to treat PKU. Mr. Hennessy has said that the HSE will meet to discuss Kuvan in the coming months....

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Gino Kenny: I acknowledge Vera and Paul Twomey, who are in the Public Gallery. Vera and Paul have been with me for the past nine days, walking from Cork to Dublin to raise awareness of-----

Topical Issues: Medicinal Products (15 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: I understand that next week a doctor will visit Ronan in Galway and Ava in west Cork and will correspond with the Minister early next week recommending cannabis-based products for them. These children cannot wait and they need these products as soon as possible. Hopefully, the Minister will see common sense and that these children need these products as soon as possible. Under licence,...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Oct 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...therapy. In this day and age, nobody should be waiting more than six months, but that is happening in Dublin Mid-West and across the country. There are huge waiting times of over 18 months in Cork, for example. It is not acceptable, especially in a year when we are marking the 100th anniversary of 1916. The Proclamation refers to "cherishing all the children of the nation", but at this...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (27 Sep 2016)

Gino Kenny: I received a telephone call last Saturday from a gentleman in Cork in regard to his wife who suffers from lupus and has been in chronic pain for the past 20 years. The man's wife has been told by her neurologist that if she could access Sativex, which is an oral spray used typically by people who suffer from multiple sclerosis, it could help her condition. I understand that in July 2014 the...