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Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Health Strategies
Gino Kenny
364. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the impact that the most recent spike in Covid-19 cases is having on the public health system; the measures to be taken in the Winter Plan and beyond to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55302/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Departmental Schemes
Gino Kenny
102. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the bike to work scheme to those who are self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54405/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Banking Sector
Gino Kenny
246. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the timing of the branch closures by a bank (details supplied) by replicating the actions of the UK financial sector regulator which will mean the pausing of any closures during the current pandemic; his views on the fact that persons will be greatly impacted by the withdrawal of banking services in their locality at a most inopportune time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/21]
Tue, 9 Nov 2021
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Primary Care Centres
Gino Kenny
628. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the primary care centre proposed for the Collinstown site in north Clondalkin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54517/21]
Thu, 4 Nov 2021
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Driver Licences
Gino Kenny
220. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the details of any specific legislative amendment introduced to allow applications for driving licences by asylum seekers. [48556/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
446. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Israeli Ministry of Defence designating six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Medicinal Products
Gino Kenny
952. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been prescribed an approved MCAP medical cannabis product since the commencement of the MCAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52639/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Gino Kenny
957. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if surrogacy will be included in the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52672/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Gino Kenny
958. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when legislation recognising international surrogacy alongside retrospective declaration of parentage will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52673/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Gino Kenny
959. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has consulted with or has plans to meet and invite input into the draft legislation from Irish families through surrogacy; his views on the fact that these families are dealing with the daily implications of the legal limbo they are living through in the absence of any legislation and are best placed to help inform legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52674/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Antisocial Behaviour
Gino Kenny
113. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a progress report on the initiative for problematic use of scramblers and quad bikes in urban areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51516/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Gino Kenny
149. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update in relation to a public inquiry into the death of a person (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51515/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Gino Kenny
120. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when he plans to have the 446 ICU beds in place that he announced in December 2020. [50806/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Mental Health Services
Gino Kenny
231. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the mental health services budget to the internationally recognised level of 12% of the overall health budget in the lifetime of the 33rd Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50805/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Insurance Coverage
Gino Kenny
359. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance his views on the denial of mortgage protection insurance to those who have recovered from breast cancer who wish to buy a home effectively ruling out home ownership with long-term renting being the only option given that currently one in nine women are diagnosed with breast cancer; his plans to address same for persons who have recovered from breast cancer being excluded from buying a home as a result of the denial of access to mortgage protection insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50414/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Medicinal Products
Gino Kenny
799. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1051 of 24 February 2021, if the formal pricing and reimbursement assessment of xonvea has been completed and will be added as a first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if there are plans to licence the drug cariban; if not, the process by which drugs obtain a licence; if the State plays an active role in identifying drugs that have been licensed and approved for use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45486/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
157. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the restoration of pay for section 56 and section 59 organisations in line with the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreements for pay restoration for section 39 workers; his views on whether due to the fact that section 56 and 59 workers fall under a different Departmental funding stream they should not be excluded from the pay restoration awarded to section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49990/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Gino Kenny
209. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that based on the population number living in the catchment area of Tallaght University Hospital, national and international guidelines recommend that there should be 20 neurology nurse specialists employed in the neurology department and that there are currently 3.5 nurses; his plans to increase the level of neurology nurses at Tallaght University Hospital; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49980/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Gino Kenny
606. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which centres of excellence are constituted in relation to oncology services in public hospitals; the criteria that has to be satisfied before a hospital or health facility is deemed a centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Gino Kenny
607. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a permanent oncologist will be in place at St. James’s Hospital following the retirement of the previous specialist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49667/21]