Results 181-200 of 226 for long speaker:Gino Kenny

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...to Cabinet on the medical cannabis access programme. Over the summer the Department of Health issued guidelines on the access programme, some of which are quite flawed. It has been going on for a long time and the situation has become ludicrous. A man called Kenny Tynan, a father of four from Roscommon, was granted a licence one month ago from the Department of Health which was signed...

Other Questions: Stardust Fire (5 Jul 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...;naiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the call for a new inquest into the deaths of 48 persons in the Stardust fire on 14 February 1981; his further views on the victims' families' long campaign for justice for their loved ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29596/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Gino Kenny: .... I am aware that this issue will be raised on Saturday at the transgender healthcare protest, which will be held at 3 p.m. It is a very serious issue and has been on the legislative books for a long time. I believe the last piece of legislation to deal with hate crime was in 1989. Perhaps the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, will comment on this.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: I would like to welcome everybody in the Gallery. It is always good to see people there. I cautiously welcome the motion, which will allow us to finally ratify the UNCRPD after a long and arduous battle. I sincerely hope that the political will to address the human rights of people with disabilities, which has been absent for a very long time, will emerge in a real and meaningful way. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...been prescribed for a person under special licence and for which the parent needs to travel regularly to the Netherlands to collect; the HSE's plans to reimburse the medication costs through the long-term illness or alternative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9928/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: .... One in eight people suffer from chronic pain and a huge volume of opiates would be required to treat those patients. Versatis patches are less harmful to such patients in the short and long term. I listened to "Liveline" last Friday and I heard one caller say that they were real people with real evidence and real pain. That says it all. The HSE should listen to people rather than...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (13 Feb 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...some sort of relief. The decision by the HSE has put those people outside of the reach of these patches. The HSE might save money in the short term but it will cost the HSE much more money in the long term and hardship, particularly for the people benefitting. I know the Minister remarked this morning that a radio station should not make decisions. I think that is a flippant remark and...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...is greatly weakened. In 1983, the Catholic Church was a very powerful institution. Ireland is a very different place from what it was in 1983. Social issues that dominated the country for so long, such as divorce and gay marriage, have become commonly accepted. In the 35 years since the referendum, women were shamed terribly by the State and the church. The history of those 35...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jan 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...card for venesection procedures; if the petition from persons who are anxious for the charge to be removed will be responded to; if further consideration will be given to adding haemochromatosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/17]

Child Homelessness: Statements (15 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...that number had increased to 3,100. Obviously, something is dramatically wrong with the current policy. Life in a hotel for that family and those children is unacceptable. I am talking about the long journeys to school, the mental stress on the children and the families, the emotional and behavioural problems that come with that, and not having a place to cook or where the children can...

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...incendiary. Even Netanyahu says that Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people. What the hell is that? It is like what we saw in apartheid South Africa. Israel is an apartheid state. As long as the EU and the Irish Government treat Israel as some liberal democracy, we will always have Israel as an apartheid state.

Home Care Packages: Motion [Private Members] (12 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...worker before I came in here, I understand the vital importance of home care work, not only for the worker but for the patients and their families. Whether they are convalescing at a hospital from long-term illness or coming to the end of their life, it is vital to them. Millions upon millions of hours - some 10 million - were cut from home care packages over the past ten years, by...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...Minister of State. I do not think Fine Gael is capable of doing it because it is ideologically wedded to a market system and it believes that homelessness is acceptable in a market economy. As long as that belief system prevails, we will always have homelessness. We need to change the system. There are 8,000 people in emergency accommodation, which is a disgrace. There are 190 people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...the committee. It is a fascinating debate. This issue is more about living than dying in some ways. I read Marie's book several months ago and it was one of the best books I have read in a long time. What I got from Marie's words was that she did not want to die but wanted to live. However, because of circumstances not of her choosing, she wanted to end her life in dignity. That is a...

Other Questions: Teacher Recruitment (25 Oct 2017)

Gino Kenny: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of primary school teachers available to fill both long-term and short-term posts (details supplied); his plans to rectify this through setting up supply panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/17]

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this debate on animal welfare in Ireland, which is very timely. This is one matter in which I have been very involved, along with Deputies such as Deputy O'Sullivan. We have relatively progressive legislation on the Statute Book but despite this we are seeing an increasing number of reports of mistreatment and abuse of animals. It is clear there is a massive gap in resourcing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Gino Kenny: Deputy Durkan has been in here too long.

Other Questions: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (12 Jul 2017)

Gino Kenny: -----but it is taking a long time. I asked the Minister of State about it three or four times since I was elected. I understand the relevant Bill is on Committee Stage. Waiting for the ratification of the UNCRPD is becoming a latter-day "Waiting for Godot". If there is a will in this House, things get done but if there is not a will, things do not get done. It is as simple as that. I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (12 Jul 2017)

Gino Kenny: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in recognition and acknowledgement of the long campaign for justice for the victims of the Stardust tragedy, he will sanction payment for the most recent report carried out on behalf of the families of the victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33225/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension Schemes: Discussion (15 Jun 2017)

Gino Kenny: I apologise for being late; there were circumstances out of my control. I have a question for Ms Lily Toner and Mr. Fergus Courtney. How long was Ms Toner paying into her pension scheme? I will be honest and say that I do not know much about this area. On reading about it, however, it is quite unjust to say the least. Perhaps the witness would tell me the mechanics of that. She obviously...