Results 101-120 of 1,678 for speaker:Gino Kenny in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (30 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Ireland is ranked in relation to OECD countries in relation to overall spending in health both public and private and Ireland's ranking for the public funding of health spending in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 30. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent respite that can be offered to such carers and the long-term remedy he is considering in view of the reply to parents of disabled adults that there is a ten-year waiting list for residential care and that the HSE is unable to provide them with an average waiting time, or indicate when a bed may be available; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially opioid painkillers and benzodiazepine sedatives in terms of drug dependency and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the number and cost of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and 2015, that were contracted out to therapists in private practice and or carried out by agency staff; the reason HSE employed staff are not being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 69. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite special education assessments, in the view of the National Disability Authority and the Disability Act 2005, due to the failure to commence sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the action he is taking in his dealings with the Department of Education and Skills and others to address this; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (1 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that, according to the HSE, in cases of completed applications received for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and 2015, less than two thirds of assessment reports were completed and of those completed, less than two thirds had service statements completed despite the clear requirements of the Act to do so; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the 2007 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in view of the fact that there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the measures taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address the anomaly whereby teachers that have taught outside of the EU are capped at seven years' credits, while teachers that have taught in other countries inside the EU receive credits on a year for year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will review Circular 10 of 2001, in particular section 4.2 thereof, which caps credit in respect of service given in states outside the EU at seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40062/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that community employment schemes in the health and social care service will not be used to replace permanent positions in the service nor to exploit jobseekers along the lines of previous discredited schemes such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason children in care at a residential centre run by Tusla in County Tipperary were exposed to behaviours and situations that were higher risk than the situations they were removed from, according to HIQA; the safeguards for their care that have been put in place to ensure their current safety and security; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason senior child protection sources who spoke to RTÉ said apparent discrimination by Tusla, reported by the HSE, which may have excluded children from child protection services was ongoing, but Tusla have issued a statement saying this was an issue only in the past; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39933/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been delayed for over nine years in view of the fact that international agreements have the force of law to the extent determined by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the significant blockages or barriers to ratification and enactment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2007, in view of the fact there is no legal impediment to ratification from the United Nations perspective; the action that has been taken to address the putative barriers or blockages to date; when ratification is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is the cuts to disability services which has prevented the Government ratifying the convention in view of the lack of any barrier to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a legal perspective and only from a policy point of view; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: 684. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an armed raid conducted by Pakistani police on the administrative offices at the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah, Pakistan on 5 December 2016 (details supplied); if he will protest to the Pakistan Government regarding this state-sanctioned sectarian violence; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: 1288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that flash glucose monitoring systems are available on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: 959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of very young children awaiting assessment under the Disability Act 2005 such as a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite the HSE local CHOs in areas such as Dublin mid west and Dublin south west admitting that delays and deficiencies are due to lack of resources, waiting lists are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: 967. To ask the Minister for Health the implied previous work on developing a clinical programme that has taken place for children when the HSE states in its service plan for 2017 that it will continue to develop the clinical programme for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: 968. To ask the Minister for Health the change that was recorded in trolley numbers at St. Vincent's Hospital before and since the downgrading of the accident and emergency department at St Colmcille's Hospital in Loughlinstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/16]