Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh Téarma Dála nó Seanaid
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Máirt, 18 DFómh 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Gino Kenny
747. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which GPs are charging menopausal women fees well in excess of normal rates for appointments relating to the menopause, including prescriptions for HRT medications, meaning that some women who do not have a medical card are having to go without GP visits and their medication; if he will acknowledge the necessity of healthcare and HRT treatment for women in menopause, and that it should not be based on ability to pay; his views on this practice; if he can intervene in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51426/22]
Déar, 13 DFómh 2022
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Mother and Baby Homes
Gino Kenny
128. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the widespread anger at his decision not to go ahead with an independent review of the testimonies given by survivors of mother-and-baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50636/22]
Déar, 13 DFómh 2022
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International Protection
Gino Kenny
130. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) published that states that the Irish protection system is in crisis, that there has been a serious and unprecedented breakdown in Ireland's reception system and that a whole-of-Government response is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50635/22]
Céad, 12 DFómh 2022
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Grant Payments
Gino Kenny
135. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address issues (details supplied) in relation to recognising students in the SUSI application system who started college under age 23 years and who live independently from their parents; and if the matter will be examined and the issues addressed. [50525/22]
Máirt, 11 DFómh 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
17. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinetcommittee that deals with matters relating to justice will next meet. [44843/22]
Máirt, 11 DFómh 2022
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Housing Policy
Gino Kenny
337. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the report on income eligibility for social housing that was completed in December 2021; and when the recommendations from that report will be implemented. [50155/22]
Máirt, 11 DFómh 2022
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State Examinations
Gino Kenny
439. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the definitive date for the publishing of 2022 junior certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50186/22]
Déar, 6 DFómh 2022
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to the Israeli ambassador to Ireland on the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/22]
Déar, 6 DFómh 2022
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Foreign Policy
Gino Kenny
31. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent French naval exercises off the coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34165/22]
Céad, 5 DFómh 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Gino Kenny
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [44844/22]
Máirt, 4 DFómh 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Gino Kenny
388. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in relation to a new building for a school; and if she will fast-track these build plans urgently. [48200/22]
Máirt, 4 DFómh 2022
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
691. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; when the review will commence; the length of time that it will take to conclude; when the report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48465/22]
Máirt, 27 MFómh 2022
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Energy Prices
Gino Kenny
38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of energy users who will have submitted gas and electricity meter readings for August and September 2022 and who are concerned that they will be subjected to the 30% plus price increase rates for the remainder of the month and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46694/22]
Déar, 22 MFómh 2022
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Bus Services
Gino Kenny
30. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport whether the difficulty by bus companies in recruiting and retaining staff will delay or hinder plans to improve public transport and to reach climate targets; if his Department plans to deal with staffing levels specifically on public service obligation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/22]
Déar, 22 MFómh 2022
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Bus Éireann
Gino Kenny
49. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport his concerns that the working conditions and pay of drivers in Bus Éireann may be affecting the staffing levels needed at the company; if he will meet with the National Transport Authority to examine whether their contracting and tendering model is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/22]
Céad, 21 MFómh 2022
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Aviation Industry
Gino Kenny
16. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the contact that he has had with a company (details supplied) about the recent cancellation of flights due to an IT issue; his plans to acknowledge that many passengers were considerably out-of-pocket as a result of cancellations with extra costs such as accommodation, food and travel to different airports and destinations and lost annual leave days being incurred; his plans to urge the company to compensate passengers for losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46060/22]
Máirt, 20 MFómh 2022
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
470. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will increase core funding to community drug projects by 10% in Budget 2023 in view of the fact that there has been no increase in core funding since 2013 despite the escalating demands on these projects; if he will consider the substantial increases in energy and fuel costs experienced by drug and alcohol taskforces and commit to this much-needed increase in core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45408/22]
Máirt, 20 MFómh 2022
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Covid-19 Tests
Gino Kenny
517. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated monthly cost to the Exchequer of providing universal free antigen tests. [45628/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Human Rights
Gino Kenny
696. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn the recent report that a court in Nigeria has imposed a sentence of death by stoning on three men for homosexual acts; if he will contact the relevant parties in Nigeria to express abhorrence at this practice; if he will take all the steps that are necessary to ensure that this death sentence does not proceed as planned given the impact it will have on Nigeria’s international standing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42059/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Family Support Services
Gino Kenny
1209. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to a review of the statutory services that are provided in the Newcastle and Rathcoole areas given the demographics in these areas; the statutory services that are funded by the HSE and the Child and Family Support Agency for children and family services and organisations; the services that are funded through other sources, for example, through Pobal and the Department of Education, that are currently available in these areas; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these communities are being affected by a lack of these services; the plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
1531. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 10 May 2022, if he will provide an update on public health nurse recruitment in the Lucan area. [42126/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
1532. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the interim measures that are in place for parents seeking a public health check for their children given that there is no public health nurse in Lucan. [42127/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Disability Services
Gino Kenny
1533. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status and progress of the National Clinical Programme for adults with ADHD in the CHO7 area; and when a programme will be up and running in the CHO7 area. [42128/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Disability Services
Gino Kenny
1534. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health in the interim of waiting for the National Clinical Programme for adults with ADHD in the CHO7 area the measures that are in place for children who are on medication for ADHD and turn 18 years and are classed then as an adult; and the location in which they can obtain a prescription to continue with their medication given that it is vital that they still have access to their medication and general practitioner services cannot prescribe this medication. [42129/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
1535. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE is having problems recruiting staff for vital health services (details supplied); and if he will provide a detailed account of the problems experienced in recruiting staff. [42131/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
1536. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed account of his Department’s plans, if any, to address problems in recruiting staff for vital health services (details supplied). [42132/22]
Déar, 8 MFómh 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Gino Kenny
1652. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in distributing the €1000 pandemic bonus payment to certain eligible frontline workers, including section 39 workers; when all those eligible will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42538/22]
Máirt, 26 Iúil 2022
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Health Services
Gino Kenny
1732. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the Rowlagh health centre in Clondalkin will re-open to the public following its recent closure due to a public health issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40168/22]
Déar, 14 Iúil 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Gino Kenny
84. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to change the thresholds or to alter the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34961/22]
Déar, 14 Iúil 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Gino Kenny
129. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the possibility of ceasing her Department's current policy of removing persons from the fuel allowance qualification if their income increases marginally especially given the current energy cost crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34962/22]
Céad, 13 Iúil 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Gino Kenny
331. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the signature of a person can be provided in order to avail of social welfare supports in cases in which the person is unconscious and critically ill in hospital; the contingencies that are in place in these instances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38177/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Cannabis for Medicinal Use
Gino Kenny
82. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he acknowledges that the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, is not fulfilling its potential given that only 12 persons have been registered on the MCAP, the limitations to date and the programme’s upcoming clinical review. [38141/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Health Services Staff
Gino Kenny
88. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is granted the pay parity with their laboratory colleagues that they have been seeking for 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Hospital Overcrowding
Gino Kenny
107. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is consulting its members on taking industrial action on overcrowding in the country’s emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Abortion Services
Gino Kenny
135. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland’s abortion laws have been described by members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee as inhumane and discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Gino Kenny
138. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37647/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Thalidomide Victims Compensation
Gino Kenny
139. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has met with thalidomide survivors; the steps that he will take in relation to the serious issues affecting them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37649/22]
Máirt, 12 Iúil 2022
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Substance Misuse
Gino Kenny
967. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, National Drug Treatment Reporting System: 2015-2021 Drug Treatment Data, showing rapidly increasing drug use in Ireland; and if he will consider a different legal approach based on decriminalisation. [35957/22]
Déar, 7 Iúil 2022
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Anti-Racism Measures
Gino Kenny
140. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the national action plan against racism will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36738/22]
Déar, 7 Iúil 2022
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Disability Services
Gino Kenny
146. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a research report published on 29 June 2022 by an organisation (details supplied) which found that 52% of respondents said at least one of the persons they care for are currently on a waiting list for services; the actions that he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/22]
Máirt, 5 Iúil 2022
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Immigration Policy
Gino Kenny
29. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in their application to the scheme will not suffer targeting and deportation as a result of their attempt to get documented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35958/22]
Máirt, 5 Iúil 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Gino Kenny
47. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a report submitted to the United Nations by an organisation (details supplied) highlighting the case of a person who was killed by gardaí, the unacceptable delays in the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigation into their death and recommending that the investigation include consideration of issues of race and discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35956/22]
Máirt, 5 Iúil 2022
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Traveller Community
Gino Kenny
54. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Launch Landmark Report published recently by the University of Limerick that found that Travellers’ trust in the Irish criminal justice system is extremely low and that fears of wrongful arrest, excessive use of force, wrongful conviction, disproportionately high sentences and wrongful imprisonment frame the way that Travellers engage with and experience the criminal justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35955/22]
Máirt, 5 Iúil 2022
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Public Inquiries
Gino Kenny
61. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) in a hit-and-run near their home in Monaghan over ten years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35959/22]
Máirt, 28 Meith 2022
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Departmental Policies
Gino Kenny
73. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his vision for Ireland’s ultimate future role in European defence projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34164/22]
Máirt, 28 Meith 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Gino Kenny
602. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the many schools that are required by her Department to open an ASD unit that will not have any staff members with specialised qualifications to cater for students in the unit; if her attention has been drawn to the many teachers who applied for the Graduate Diploma in Education of Pupils on the Autism Spectrum in Dublin City University for the next academic year who have not been successful in securing a place as the university could only award 18 places for which there were 80 applicants; if there are plans to increase graduate diploma places; the other educational supports and opportunities that will be provided to teachers in order that they can meet the needs of pupils on the autism spectrum in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33870/22]
Máirt, 28 Meith 2022
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Disability Services
Gino Kenny
815. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the disability capacity review; if the review will be published before budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34003/22]
Déar, 23 Meith 2022
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Foreign Policy
Gino Kenny
100. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update to the Houses of the Oireachtas on any engagement he has had with the European Union or the Polish Government on the ban on abortion in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/22]
Déar, 23 Meith 2022
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Human Rights
Gino Kenny
105. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent report published by Observatory of Multinationals in Latin America, SumOfUs and the Latin America Solidarity Centre that has highlighted serious socio-environmental impacts and human rights violations arising from Smurfit Kappa’s operations in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33162/22]
Déar, 23 Meith 2022
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Middle East
Gino Kenny
148. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any discussions at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33166/22]