Results 61-80 of 226 for long speaker:Gino Kenny

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...someone could be waiting two days in an emergency department. Is there a system in place elsewhere where people with a terminal illness are not allowed to stay in an emergency department for so long?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cancer Treatment Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Gino Kenny: In alluding to the National Cancer Registry Ireland report published about inequalities in cancer care, Ms Power, by and large, answered my next question. As long as we have inequality in our health system, we will continue to have inequalities, particularly in diagnostic care. If people have access to better healthcare because of their financial circumstances, they will be diagnosed...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...waited, but as of yet there has not been a date, which is disappointing. This issue has gone on for decades and the status quois completely unacceptable. It is unacceptable on the basis that as long as Governments do not do anything positive, people will die. That is what we are talking about. We are talking about people's lives. I believe if we had a different approach to drug use,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Gino Kenny: How long will it take to roll out this programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Gino Kenny: I presume it will take a long time to make the change to digitisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Emergency Departments in Public Hospitals: HSE (17 Jan 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...service than there are now. That tells you everything. The national crisis management team and the winter oversight group was convened on 22 December for the reasons Mr. Mulvany outlined. How long will this kind of amalgamation meet? How long will this crisis management team continue to meet with regard to the ongoing crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: How long will the course for general practice nurses be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Recruitment, Retention and Manpower Planning Issues: Irish College of General Practitioners (14 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: Six months. It is not that long.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this legislation. It is long overdue. It is a lengthy Bill at more than 95 pages. I tried to read it but was limited in what I could take in. It is welcome that the Government is regulating an industry that has been largely out of control. Gambling is a big business and big business is gambling. It is worth an enormous amount, not only in Ireland but around the world, and is...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...the two-tier health system is very important and we have had it for decades. There was a glimpse of what could and should be during the pandemic when we saw something that has not happened for a long time in this country: there was no such thing as a two-tier health system. How could a two-tier health system exist when up against the pandemic? The State took over 19 hospitals at huge...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...have been let down by successive Governments and a lack of political will. That can be changed and the change can be achieved in this House. We need political will from the Government to say that this can no longer continue and something very different must be done. We need to look at other countries that are changing their models around drug reform. After decades of doing things that...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: First Stage (24 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...place in relation to many things and it is a different place in the area of drug reform. The Bill is quite moderate. It amends existing legislation that dates back 42 years. Forty-two years is a very long time. I believe the existing legislation is out of date and out of time. We need a different narrative around drug reform. Criminalising people for possession of small quantities of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...of that committee. Can the Taoiseach give a commitment to the many people who have been following this issue that the committee will be established before Christmas because it has gone on far too long? We need to have a national discussion about this issue.

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Gino Kenny: I commend the Regional Group and Deputy Naughten for his continued work on long Covid. We are three years into this pandemic. The world did not know the term "Covid-19" until three years ago. Since then, this virus has claimed millions of lives, affected hundreds of millions of people and caused economic chaos across the world. Many of us who got Covid-19 have recovered fully, thankfully....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: I have a number of questions. How many people are suffering from long Covid? Do the witnesses have the number of cases in the State to hand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: What is the medical definition of long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: In the medical field, is there a difference of opinion on the diagnosis and treatment of long Covid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: Is it the case that the classic symptoms of long Covid are chronic fatigue and respiratory issues? Are there any classic symptoms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: There is a lower risk of developing long Covid.