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Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Tax Credits
Gino Kenny
164. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the reason the blind persons tax credit was not increased in line with other tax credit increases in Budget 2024; and his plans to increase the credit in the future. [5836/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
300. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group only. [5834/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Gino Kenny
501. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health how much the HSE and Department of Health spent on personal protection equipment from China; to provide details of what stock was usable and what was not usable/not suitable; what monies have been recouped for unusable/unsuitable stock and what monies remain to be recouped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5121/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Gino Kenny
502. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if all workers entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have been paid the bonus; if any workers have not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5122/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Gino Kenny
45. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to address the need for another secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin and to examine the population growth in Newcastle and predicated population growth to ensure second level education is provided to all in this community. [4409/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Mental Health Services
Gino Kenny
163. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the reason for the delay in approving funding for sustainability impact assessment with St. John of God Community Services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
3. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2801/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Foreign Policy
Gino Kenny
23. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is concerned about a potential Chinese offensive action against Taiwan; if the Government intends to intervene on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Official Engagements
Gino Kenny
29. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the Government's engagement with the Chinese Deputy Leader, specifically in the context of human rights abuses in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Official Engagements
Gino Kenny
58. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to attend the St Patrick's Day engagements in the United States; if he intends to boycott engagement with officials of the US administration for its role in arming Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Trade Relations
Gino Kenny
64. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the work of his Department in the resumption of beef exports to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Gino Kenny
17. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 122,879 patients, including 3,494 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed in 2023, that hospitals are in a near constant state of overcrowding coupled with short staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1648/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme to include other conditions outside of the current terms of reference of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Gino Kenny
25. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that in December 2023 an organisation (details supplied) stated that the latest National Treatment Purchase Fund figures confirm that the three main health care waiting lists are at a virtual standstill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Gino Kenny
36. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that hospitals are in a near constant state of overcrowding coupled with short staffing; if he will lift the health service recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/24]
Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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Health Service Executive
Gino Kenny
57. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the NCHDs in an organisation (details supplied) have said that they expect to call a ballot for industrial action in response to the recruitment freeze announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1650/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
27. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make direct contact with the Israeli embassy in relation to the illegal detention of the executive director of the Aida Youth Centre in the Aida Refugee Camp Bethlehem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56757/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Childcare Services
Gino Kenny
95. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a publicly owned childcare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55581/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Constitutional Amendments
Gino Kenny
108. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that civil society organisations have said the wording of the proposed referendum on care is significantly different from that recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality and the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55578/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Gino Kenny
119. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware The Health Information and Quality Authority has raised concerns with the Government over why staff in accommodation centres housing Ukrainian refugees, including children, are not being vetted by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55579/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Childcare Services
Gino Kenny
129. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55580/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Gino Kenny
134. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his accommodation plans for new international protection applicant refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55577/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Social Media
Gino Kenny
40. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on her engagement with social media companies about far-right content, the spreading of misinformation, and the activities of far-right actors on their platforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55237/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Public Transport
Gino Kenny
165. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport how much funding is being provided in 2024 for rail services to provide extra trains on busy routes. [54254/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Public Transport
Gino Kenny
166. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding for an extra train on the Kildare routes via Adamstown to Dublin city centre at peak times in the morning and evening. [54255/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Public Transport
Gino Kenny
167. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA requested funding for an extra train on the Kildare route via Adamstown to Dublin city centre. [54256/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
145. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he and his Department have taken to date to secure the release of Irish citizens in Gaza and those being held hostage by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50659/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Official Engagements
Gino Kenny
163. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on this engagement with his counterparts in the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50199/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
175. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline Ireland’s humanitarian response to the situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50198/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
235. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has consulted his EU counterparts on illegal settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50200/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Foreign Policy
Gino Kenny
236. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Afghan ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ and Ireland’s response to the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50201/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Gino Kenny
34. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department intends to continue to purchase goods from Israel and Israeli companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
50. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the actions he and his Department intend to take to improve gender balance in leadership and decision-making in the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50749/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
66. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his vision for the transformation of the Irish Defence Forces, particularly in the area of military neutrality, following the Report on the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
75. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the findings concerning recruitment and retention in the Irish Defence Forces in a survey compiled by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50748/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
76. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views that the proposed tribunal to investigate allegations made by members of a group (details supplied) has a wide and broad enough remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50751/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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School Facilities
Gino Kenny
265. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she can secure, as a matter of extreme urgency, the soonest possible date for the commencement of accessibility works in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51081/23]
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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Addiction Treatment Services
Gino Kenny
133. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health given the protective notice that the staff at a Clondalkin-based support centre for drugs and alcohol intervention programme have been issued (details supplied), when funding will be made available to the project next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health 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]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Mental Health Services
Gino Kenny
39. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has criticised the allocation of just €13 million to €14 million for the development of new measures in mental health in 2024, that it has been said “the lack of new funding announced on 12 October 2023 will threaten the viability of mental health services in 2024, and that the organisation says that €85 million is required next year for the development of new measures to address unmet need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49020/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Gino Kenny
41. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that at three-quarters of the way through 2023, instead of the targeted reduction of around 51,700 people set in the Government’s 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, the latest NTPF figures confirm that 13,250 additional people have been added to the three main waiting lists – a shortfall of almost 65,000 against the Government’s own targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49022/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
53. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 10,538 patients, including 273 children, went without a bed in October and has stated that targeted recruitment and retention plans are needed in each hospital and community care area to allow for more nurses and midwives to be recruited at the pace in which they are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49021/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Gino Kenny
63. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the Budget 2024 capital allocation for Health will not result in the opening of the 1,500 additional rapid build hospital beds, six surgical hubs and four elective hospitals promised by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49023/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Health Service Executive
Gino Kenny
67. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the planned HSE NCHD recruitment freeze is “in breach of NCHD contract”, that NCHDs are suffering unprecedented levels of work-related stress and burnout, and that the freeze will lead to even more dangerous conditions for patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49024/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
104. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when he expects to receive a recommendation from the National Screening Advisory Council on whether to expand the newborn bloodspot screening programme to include spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), given NSAC has considered a health technology assessment on SMA’s inclusion at its 20 October 2023 meeting; when he hopes to make an announcement on the inclusion or otherwise of SMA in the heelprick test for all newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48850/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
119. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment of Public Health Nurses for the CHO7 area. [48911/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
120. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1384 of 18 April 2023, 177 of 16 November 2022 and 860 of 22 March 2022, for an update on recruitment of public health nurses for Lucan, Newcastle and Rathcoole areas of Dublin, as promised by his Department; and if he will provide updated information and confirmation of recruitment. [48912/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Gino Kenny
77. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the Oireachtas Disability Group recently disclosed that people unable to work due to disability have the highest consistent poverty rates of all economic groupings, at 19.7%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32469/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
10. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [43871/23]