Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Gino Kenny

79. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he will indicate his support for a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) who was killed in hit-and-run by driver while cycling near his home in Carrickmacross on 2 August, 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7662/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

98. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware there are long waiting lists for vasectomies in the public health system in many parts of the State; if he will establish a national contracts and payments system for vasectomies to end the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

105. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a charity (details supplied) recently called for additional resources to reduce very long waiting lists for preventative surgery for women at high risk of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7663/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

106. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) have recently renewed their call for a public inquiry into Covid deaths in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7666/23]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

114. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has made kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/23]

Mental Health Services

Gino Kenny

162. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a public inquiry into the failings of the CAMHS service, to include historic funding decision making, failures by the Mental Health Commission to carry out inspections, clinical guidelines and prescribing rates, failures to provide alternative psychological, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and other therapies, the lack of inpatient CAMHS beds, and failure to include them in children's hospitals, including the new Children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/23]

Departmental Schemes

Gino Kenny

181. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the help-to-buy scheme; if there is any flexibility in the Revenue Commissioners clawback for someone who sells the property within five years; if he will outline the clawback appeals process; and if he will outline the details of any successful appeal to date. [6485/23]

Early School Leavers

Gino Kenny

374. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the stage of the school completion programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7383/23]

EU Meetings

Gino Kenny

11. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has had engagement with his counterparts in the European Union; if he will report on those engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5168/23]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

34. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to tackle the recruitment crisis in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5169/23]

Departmental Policies

Gino Kenny

48. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline his priorities for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5166/23]

European Union

Gino Kenny

51. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the rationale for Ireland's participation in EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/23]

Official Travel

Gino Kenny

60. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent trip to Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5167/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of the citizens' assemblies. [3413/23]

Ukraine War

Gino Kenny

64. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he intends to make to try to prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a neutral country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/23]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

87. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he has had any contact with his government regarding Palestine, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4450/23]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

133. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the engagements he has had at EU or UN level regarding a Palestinian driver who was reportedly pepper sprayed and shot by the Israeli defence forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4449/23]

Rental Sector

Gino Kenny

160. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that a mechanism is put in place for councils/AHBs to buy homes where there is a notice to quit and the tenants are above the income limits for social housing but below the limit for cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3713/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gino Kenny

177. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/23]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

191. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3638/23]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Gino Kenny

281. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of persons who are employees of all the Údarás na Gaeltachta-supported businesses in the Cloghane and Brandon, County Kerry Gaeltacht area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2699/23]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

1155. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of the drug cariban used in pregnancy to treat hyperemesis gravidarium (details supplied). [63144/22]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

1167. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will make the drug ozempic available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied). [63185/22]

Departmental Inquiries

Gino Kenny

1186. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the promised inquiry on the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; when he expects the inquiry to be established given that families are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the sodium valproate inquiry by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63311/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

1187. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the services currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the status of discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63312/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Gino Kenny

112. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has had any meetings or discussions with the EPA in relation to the impact on the State's emissions targets from data centres using gas fired generators as back-up generators; the estimated additional C02 emissions from current and planned data centres with similar or planned gas fired generator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62680/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

122. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise reports of the Iranian authorities shooting protestors and targeting women at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62450/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

123. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he proposes to take given Ireland’s position on the UN Security Council regarding reports of Iran executing protestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62451/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

22. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are registered as patients under the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61303/22]

Health Services

Gino Kenny

32. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission is proposing that breast screening should be offered to women from the age of 45 years, rather than from the age of 50 as is the case here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61302/22]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Gino Kenny

99. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he expects the HSE to reach its target of over 130,000 net reduction in waiting lists per the 2022 waiting list action plan; the net reduction and addition in the year to date in 2022 ; the project outturn for the full year 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61301/22]

Health Services Staff

Gino Kenny

102. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lack of affordable accommodation is severely affecting recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61299/22]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

103. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has made Kaftrio available to all adults and children who need the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61300/22]

Bus Services

Gino Kenny

12. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the position of an applicant for the position of a bus driver with Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus or a company (details supplied) in cases in which such an applicant has failed a medical test for banned or prescription drugs in their system; if such persons can reapply for the position at a future date; if not, if they are effectively barred from attaining such a position; if the policy on this is guided by national guidelines; if not, if it is guided by the company’s own regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61100/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

7. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice when GSOC will publish its investigation report into the killing of a person (details supplied) by gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60573/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

15. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to recent comments from the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment suggesting that more gardaí may be armed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60569/22]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

73. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the actions she has taken and plans to take in response to the substantial shortcomings found on handling of 999 calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60572/22]

Public Inquiries

Gino Kenny

74. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60571/22]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

506. 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. [61089/22]

Health Strategies

Gino Kenny

507. 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. [60570/22]

Cabinet Committees

Gino Kenny

27. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59248/22]

Health Service Executive

Gino Kenny

174. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has rehired a person (details supplied) who was heavily criticised in the investigation into the organ retention scandal in the mid-2000s; and if he will outline the hiring process that was employed. [59626/22]

Departmental Investigations

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress of the interim report by the independent review group into sexual abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57624/22]

Naval Service

Gino Kenny

24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his views on the recruitment and retention crisis in the Irish Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57622/22]

Defence Forces

Gino Kenny

38. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence his views on reports that the number of personnel going AWOL in the Defence Forces will hit a ten-year high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57623/22]

School Staff

Gino Kenny

61. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that two in every three primary schools in Dublin does not have its full quota of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58363/22]

School Staff

Gino Kenny

113. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recent statement by a person (details supplied) that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment and that special education needs teachers are being diverted to other classes simply to keep schools open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58364/22]

Human Rights

Gino Kenny

105. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he has taken on behalf of Ireland at UN level and EU level relating to the protest movement in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57534/22]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

114. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent United Nations committee decision to adopt a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57535/22]

Middle East

Gino Kenny

125. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish position on Israel's condemnation of so-called American "interference" in the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57538/22]