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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]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Medicinal Products
Gino Kenny
483. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will make funding available for a drug from Merck called sotatercept, this drug which has had positive results to treat pulmonary hypertension a condition that is progressive and incurable effecting heart and lungs. [44643/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Medicinal Products
Gino Kenny
484. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the funding that will be available for new drugs and clinical trials in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44644/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Medicinal Products
Gino Kenny
485. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health to confirm if reports that no funding for new drugs and clinical trials will be available for 2024 are correct. [44645/23]
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Gino Kenny
126. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the reason a hall at a school (details supplied) is inaccessible to the students attending a school; if it will be made available to the students for use; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44622/23]
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Gino Kenny
127. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education when work on a new school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the timeframe for commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44626/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Community Development Projects
Gino Kenny
5. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if the community safety innovation fund will be extended next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43854/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Legal Aid
Gino Kenny
10. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice what steps her Department has taken in relation to recent industrial action at the Criminal Courts of Justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43853/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Gino Kenny
27. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the circumstances around their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43850/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Crime Prevention
Gino Kenny
34. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice her views on the effectiveness of youth diversion projects and their impact of diverting young people away from crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43851/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Antisocial Behaviour
Gino Kenny
39. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice her views on her Department's engagement with An Garda Síochána, an organisation (details supplied) and the local authorities in regard to the late night soccer leagues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43852/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Gino Kenny
214. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education for an update on the replacement of prefabs at a school (details supplied). [43954/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Gino Kenny
215. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide funding to replace the prefabs at a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency due to serious health and safety concerns for students and teachers. [43955/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [41214/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
39. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [41215/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Gino Kenny
76. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the detail of the Defence Forces' vision statement, mentioned in the Strategic Framework: Transformation of the Defence Forces document; if it would have any impact on Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42519/23]