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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...raised this matter with the Minister of State yesterday. The situation with this drug is slightly unclear. This condition, as the Tánaiste will be aware, causes extreme vomiting in pregnancy and is dangerous for both the baby and the mother. In this year's budget, the Minister announced that the drug would be reimbursed and that is welcome. However, it is only reimbursed when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: There is a proposal on the HSE website for a mother and baby unit on the campus of St. Vincent's hospital, which is very welcome. To return to the statistic from the NHS that I read out in regard to some women having mental health difficulties, the problem is difficult to quantify. How common is postnatal depression and how is it treated? The mental health of a good friend of mine...

Youth Homelessness: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Gino Kenny: Behind the statistics there are people and behind the people are children. The report of the Ombudsman for Children, published today, gives a glimpse of what life is like for children in hubs. A hub is an unnatural environment for children. Their environment should be a home setting, where they can close the door after them and go to school. When the abnormal becomes normal we have a...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: Today I speak on behalf of my mother and the many other women who went through mother and baby homes in the dark recesses of our past, a past which cannot be forgotten. Many women today live with that past and have to look to the future in order to get on with their lives. Five years ago in this House, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, made a promise to establish a memorial to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2016)

Gino Kenny: 325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the exclusion of former residents of county homes, other than from a minority of four selected county homes, from giving evidence to the mother and baby homes commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20230/16]