Results 21-40 of 226 for long speaker:Gino Kenny

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: .... Those brave people who intervened, the ordinary decent Dubliners, whether from Dublin or from around the world, are the heroes, as are the emergency responders. There is an element who for a long time have been fomenting hatred and poison and who hijacked the events on Thursday. These fascist agitators have been doing this for a considerable time. Their vitriol and commentary are...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...population rely on private health insurance. That is not a sustainable model for healthcare, not to mention universal healthcare, which Sláintecare is striving for. It is a good model, but we are a long distance from having a system for providing universal healthcare. The recruitment embargo is deeply upsetting and troubling and will without doubt have a knock-on effect on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 312 children are awaiting scoliosis surgery, that surgery targets have not been met and that ongoing failures lead to life-long health complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...today's meeting. We are at the halfway point with this joint committee. It has been very interesting thus far, regardless of what one's position is on this. As Ms Lazar said, Ireland has come a long way in the last 25 years on many issues and one of the issues it has to grapple with is assisted dying. All the indications show we are ready for the debate and that the public would be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (25 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...neuropathic pain, that medical cannabis can be very beneficial. The programme has been reviewed by the Health Research Board. There is hope among those who have been campaigning for this for a long time that the review will support and recommend the expansion of the programme. If it does not expand to other conditions, it is redundant. There are major issues regarding who can...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...to the family after 12 years of absolute hurt. The scoping exercise did not bring any answers. In fact, it raised more questions than answers. An exercise such as that, which went on for so long, has led to more questions about that fateful night. If a man who had breached his bail conditions so many times had been imprisoned or had his liberty taken away on any of those occasions,...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...need to address this issue to prevent a strike. The only thing that will prevent a strike is if the workers are finally acknowledged and paid what they deserve. This has been going on for far too long at 13 years and more. This is a legacy from the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, years, and austerity that has left a bitter taste with a lot of workers such as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (11 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...drugs these gangs deal in are essentially controlled drugs but we do not have any control at all. These are controlled drugs and are essentially controlled by criminal gangs. We need to have a long discussion - this is obviously going through the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use at the moment - on how to undercut the drug industry with a view to regulating certain drugs and diverting any...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...who had rental accommodation do not know where they will go. The stress this puts on children is unbelievable. When families go into emergency accommodation they could be stuck there for a hell of a long time because there is a lottery to get rental accommodation. Ordinary housing assistance payment rates make it virtually impossible to get any accommodation. With homeless housing...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes this legislation but it is beyond me why it has taken so long to bring it to this juncture. Why do we have to put legislation forward to compel energy companies to give money back? In the last number of years, and well beyond, the companies have been seriously profiteering from the energy crisis. People's bills have borne this out. Ordinary people are...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...happens, but it is not a surprise. As we have heard here, it is lip service. There is no credibility, and we have lost all hope in this Government changing direction. The Irish people have a long history of fighting occupiers. We are on the side of the ordinary Palestinian people who are fighting against occupation and oppression. We will always be on their side. The Government...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes and will support this motion. The A5 should have been completed a long time ago. One reason it has fallen behind is that, both North and South, environmental issues were not given any priority in the original design of the road. It was left to individual citizens, mainly in the North, to lobby and even go to court to try to compel the authorities to fulfil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is not good for someone long term.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...trust in the person is sometimes at the heart of the debate. It has to be the person's decision; it cannot be anybody else's. The assisted decision-making legislation has been talked about for a long time. In the witnesses' opinion, has dealing with assisted-dying legislation become less or more complicated as a result of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: .... These are extremely important elements of assisted dying. Could Dr. Campbell run us through the process, particularly in the Netherlands, if somebody wants to avail of assisted dying? How long does it take from the time that a patient wants to avail of assisted dying to the day of taking the life-ending medication?

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes the principle of this Bill but many will ask why it took so long to ban the sale of these products to under-18s. It is hard to believe that we are only introducing legislation now because vape products have been around for more than a decade. Questions have to be asked about that. There is no doubt that tobacco companies are luring young people in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: 12. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start of 2023 and has risen 22-fold over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (1 Jun 2023)

Gino Kenny: ...at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a welcome step, but is still not working for many patients; if he will immediately publish a long-awaited review into the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/23]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome this motion from Sinn Féin. It is very topical, very well thought out and very relevant to issues around respite. I worked in respite for a long time. It is an essential service for service users and families. It is like a home from home. You build friendships with clients and so forth and you really cannot put a price on that development, that friendship, that care and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, that is not in place. I think only two have that cover at the moment. How long do the witnesses think it would take for those CHOs to be completely covered?