Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Housing Schemes

Gino Kenny

634. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will raise the matter with decision-making officials in Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14209/24]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

152. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of the Government's plan to bring forward legislation to remove the Triple Lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13559/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Gino Kenny

1534. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health following an Inquiry (details supplied) on the investigation into the retention of baby’s organs and other individuals whose organs were taken without their families consent, what procedures and protocols were given to notify individuals that their loved ones organs were removed; if apologies were issued to affected families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13238/24]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

9. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to his European counterparts about placing sanctions on Israel for its bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10255/24]

Foreign Policy

Gino Kenny

33. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the situation concerning the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Iraq and his Departments work in providing consular assistance for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/24]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

45. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an Israeli attack on Rafah would have implications to Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day arrangements and engagements in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/24]