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Tue, 21 May 2024
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Bus Services
Gino Kenny
205. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the deterioration in the frequency of the 41C bus route over the past three years and of the persistent failure of buses to arrive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22913/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
10. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what type of operations Irish military forces might engage in that are not currently allowed under the UN Charter if the triple lock is removed ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20888/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
16. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will retain the triple lock per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20885/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
69. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will inform US President Biden that he condemns the force used by police against students in US universities protesting recently against US military support for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Military Neutrality
Gino Kenny
74. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will bring forward a Bill to enable a constitutional referendum on neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
84. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on US President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20887/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Departmental Policies
Gino Kenny
114. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if the weight limit for HGVs that weigh more than 7.5 tonnes is being implemented to protect such vehicles coming into towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Sports Funding
Gino Kenny
240. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans by her Department to increase public funding to League of Ireland academy development to support investment into development of youth football in Ireland, as currently Ireland lags behind the rest of Europe with only ten full-time academy staff and youth development is inadequate in regard to local community facilities for football clubs. [20169/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the report conducted by the Health Research Board that informed his Department of the current status of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP; when his Department will consider the findings and make a clinical decision on whether to expand the criteria of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a severe shortage of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19873/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Departmental Reports
Gino Kenny
30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is about saving money rather than patient safety and investing in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Gino Kenny
56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently said the latest NTPF figures indicate that waiting lists may take a decade or more to get under control unless the opening of long-promised additional hospital capacity is fast-tracked and consultant posts are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Health Strategies
Gino Kenny
57. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has warned that his Department risks repeating the same regressive mistakes of the austerity years if it plans to move away from health service investment in order to prioritise savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19871/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Poverty Data
Gino Kenny
29. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that one in five (19.7%) people unable to work due to disability live in consistent poverty, that this is almost four times higher than the national average (5.3%); what measures will she take to lift people with disabilities out of poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9513/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Youth Work Supports
Gino Kenny
353. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how the Youthreach programme functions above the 166 days for students, given the reduction in staff who are employed as pro-rata teachers/resource persons; the percentage breakdown, by centre to indicate the way staffing levels change during this time (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18532/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Youth Work Supports
Gino Kenny
354. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if principal officers and deputy principal officers who work within the Youthreach education service read the Youthreach Employee Wellbeing Report 2022: A review of employees’ experience of working in the Youthreach Sector, published in January 2023; if he has concerns which may have been raised by the Youthreach Employee Wellbeing Report 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18533/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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EU Agreements
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that over 160 civil society organisations from across the European Union have issued a statement against the EU migration pact stating it will have devastating implications for the right to international protection in the EU and greenlight abuses across Europe, including racial profiling, default de facto detention and pushbacks and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17849/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Abortion Services
Gino Kenny
144. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the independent abortion review with respect to recommendations concerning necessary legislative amendments, including the ambiguity for clinicians interpreting section 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16864/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Gino Kenny
145. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the timeframe for the next women's health action plan; if it will include actions relating to the improvement of abortion services in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Schools Refurbishment
Gino Kenny
419. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the latest developments on the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13893/24]