Gino Kenny

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin Mid-West

Activity on Health — 676 events (19 lobbying · 617 questions · 69 votes) full profile →

• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

  • Reached out to former Health and Disability Committee members to invite to AV room briefing
• 2025-03-24
  LOBBY
  Endometriosis Association of Ireland 2 returns Health

  • Status of National Framework
  • Email Invitation to Annual Conference
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Pender & Associates Ltd 3 returns Health

  • Meeting to discuss parties position on the future of Oral healthcare
  • Issues facing the Oral Healthcare sector
  • Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Council for Civil Liberties Health

  • Mental Health Bill (2024)
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

  • Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

  • Rehab's Pre Budget Submission
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

  • As part of European Fertility week 2024, NISIG wanted to highlight Ireland’s improvement in its ranking in Fertility Europe’s policy survey. We want to see Ireland increase its standing and strengthen supports regarding policy related to fertility treatment, including commencement of the health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024), widening criteria for publicly funded treatment, workplace support. This will need to be fully funded.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

  • Press release reiterating Calls for Greater Investment in Mental Health as Budget 2025 Falls Short of Addressing Growing and Urgent Needs
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society 2 returns Health

  • Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
  • Radiation therapy services
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Retailers Against Smuggling Health

  • Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health

  • Invite to Leinster House briefing on the burden of influenza in Ireland
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Uplift Health

  • Gino Kenny TD was asked to push for legislation be passed to legalise cannabis
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Letter to all TDs whom attended the 2nd stage Dail debate on the Mental Health Bill 2024 (18th & 19th Sep 2024) re comments that included incorrect details, inaccuracies and assumptions on both aspects of the Bill and its intended purpose and on aspects of services.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

  • Provision of audiology services and eye care services
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Health

  • This communication related to Fórsa not been provided with the opportunity to attend the Joint Oireachtas Committee on health hearing on the 2nd October 2024 alongside SIPTU & INMO. We request support to attend and an invite. This was not possible, but the committee wrote and acknowledged the oversight and Fórsa were offered the opportunity to attend on the 25th October 2024.
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Health

  • Request to meet to discuss the research 'Trans Healthcare in Ireland from Belong To and UCD.
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  Cuala Senior Care Limited Health

  • Sharing views on issues of concern to home care sector
• 2024-11-25
  LOBBY
  Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

  • concerns for the future of mental health services in Ireland and the issues that will require the urgent and committed attention for any incoming government.
• 2024-10-23
  VOTE
  Public Health Service Staffing · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 70–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 70–59
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department will introduce a system of routine testing for menstrual products in Ireland, similar to food safety testing, to ensure ongoing compliance with health standards. [41151/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health what collaboration, if any, is being done with international health agencies to monitor and regulate the safety of menstrual products in light of recent findings on heavy metal contamination. [41149/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the HSE on the reimbursement of fenfluramine (fintepla) for the treatment of refractory epilepsy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39728/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason many children with scoliosis continue to suffer while they are left waiting indefinitely for essential life-changing surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39363/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE’s 2024 pay and numbers strategy has resulted in many health service posts being eliminated and that this is causing immense problems across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39360/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the severe operational difficulties the HSE’s 2024 pay and numbers strategy has caused across the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the three main hospital waiting lists may increase by over 74,700 by the end of 2024 if current trends continue, an increase of 11% compared with the start of the year, and that the HSE’s 2024 waiting list targets are increasingly unlikely to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/24]
• 2024-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been progressed; the current status of the programme; and when he plans to publish the findings. [39362/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug interferon alfa (pegasys) is in short supply and unavailable for those who are living with MPNs; if the drug besremi will be made available under the drug payments scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38531/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the review by his Department of the medical cannabis access programme has commenced; if so, when the review will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36430/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a request by a person (details supplied) to have mental health and musculoskeletal injuries related parts of their medical record deleted under provisions of the Data Protect Act 2018 has been denied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34237/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the drastic reduction in the reimbursement (details supplied) under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme for persons receiving treatment in Northern Ireland for cataract removal surgery. [30945/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of the waiting list times for cataract removal surgery with the HSE, in tabular form. [30946/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of how patients from Ireland availed of cataract removal surgery under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. [30947/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent to date on overall costs since it took statutory control of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31016/24]
• 2024-07-10
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

  A bill to prohibit the sale by retail of tobacco products to persons under the age of 21 years; and for those and other related purposes, to amend the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 and the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 93–45
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the percentage of medical card holders under review at any one time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26009/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a nursing home (details supplied) is facing closure; if he will instruct the HSE to take over operation of the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25784/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published the Irish national ICU audit annual report showing that an average 5.6 critical care beds per 100,000 population were open in 2022, which is less than half the mean value of 12 for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) stated that over 604 patients were treated without beds in Irish hospitals on the Wednesday after the June bank holiday and that this level of overcrowding, which is now consistent and continuing into the summer, at a time when winter respiratory infections are not circulating, indicates that the system of hospital avoidance is not effective and that, at a minimum, the HSE must significantly increase the number of acute hospital beds before year-end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25789/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the review planned by his Department of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP, has begun; if so, when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25788/24]
• 2024-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that it has yet to see any of 1,500 additional public hospital beds across 15 acute public hospital sites he announced in April 2023 and that it sought clarification as to how the 1,541 beds due by the end of 2028 and the 2,997 beds due by 2031 announced recently by himself differ from those already promised in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the target number of psychologists that need to be employed to ensure full national coverage of psychology in primary care for adults; the current number of psychologists employed in the adult roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25224/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the psychology in primary care adults’ service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date respectively [25225/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the psychology in primary care adults’ service in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25226/24]
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the proposed closure of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a very large proportion of crime in Ireland is related to drug addiction; if he will consider a crime-reduction strategy based on decriminalisation of drugs, coupled with a comprehensive health-led drugs policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17848/24]
• 2024-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the expected date of opening for the new primary care centre on the Boot Road in Clondalkin. [9942/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will advertise job positions in the new primary care centre on the Boot Road in Clondalkin. [9943/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health who is responsible for drafting/approving the referral/care pathway in the National Gender Service; if the referral/care pathway is based on international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when and how puberty blockers and other essential services for trans teenagers will be provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10168/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a plan in place to recruit more surgeons who are capable of performing gender-affirming surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10169/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the current private gender-affirming surgery options are too expensive and too limited for the needs of many trans people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase the number of operational inpatient CAMHS beds from 52 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a recent ESRI report that found there is an immediate 1,000 bed deficit across public hospitals and an additional 330 beds are required each year for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9503/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health following the steps his Department will take on the recommendations of the Health Research Board's clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years who are on NTPF treatment waiting lists; and the number of these who are waiting for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on seeking alterative accommodation on the campus of Cherry Orchard Hospital for the remaining patients who are presently residing at the willow/sycamore units on the COH campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/24]
• 2024-02-28
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion _ · 72–60
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work and current status of the Public Health Alcohol Research Group; and if he intends to publish the report of the group. [8414/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health what plans he has in relation to monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, and the impact of any changes to licensing laws as proposed by the Minister for Justice through the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [8415/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group only. [5834/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health how much the HSE and Department of Health spent on personal protection equipment from China; to provide details of what stock was usable and what was not usable/not suitable; what monies have been recouped for unusable/unsuitable stock and what monies remain to be recouped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5121/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if all workers entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have been paid the bonus; if any workers have not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5122/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the reason for the delay in approving funding for sustainability impact assessment with St. John of God Community Services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2801/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–54
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 122,879 patients, including 3,494 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed in 2023, that hospitals are in a near constant state of overcrowding coupled with short staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1648/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme to include other conditions outside of the current terms of reference of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that in December 2023 an organisation (details supplied) stated that the latest National Treatment Purchase Fund figures confirm that the three main health care waiting lists are at a virtual standstill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that hospitals are in a near constant state of overcrowding coupled with short staffing; if he will lift the health service recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the NCHDs in an organisation (details supplied) have said that they expect to call a ballot for industrial action in response to the recruitment freeze announced recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1650/24]
• 2023-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware The Health Information and Quality Authority has raised concerns with the Government over why staff in accommodation centres housing Ukrainian refugees, including children, are not being vetted by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55579/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Health Service Recruitment Freeze · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 74–58
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health given the protective notice that the staff at a Clondalkin-based support centre for drugs and alcohol intervention programme have been issued (details supplied), when funding will be made available to the project next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/23]
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 117–10
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–81
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–81
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 312 children are awaiting scoliosis surgery, that surgery targets have not been met and that ongoing failures lead to life-long health complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has criticised the allocation of just €13 million to €14 million for the development of new measures in mental health in 2024, that it has been said “the lack of new funding announced on 12 October 2023 will threaten the viability of mental health services in 2024, and that the organisation says that €85 million is required next year for the development of new measures to address unmet need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49020/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that at three-quarters of the way through 2023, instead of the targeted reduction of around 51,700 people set in the Government’s 2023 Waiting List Action Plan, the latest NTPF figures confirm that 13,250 additional people have been added to the three main waiting lists – a shortfall of almost 65,000 against the Government’s own targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49022/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 10,538 patients, including 273 children, went without a bed in October and has stated that targeted recruitment and retention plans are needed in each hospital and community care area to allow for more nurses and midwives to be recruited at the pace in which they are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49021/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the Budget 2024 capital allocation for Health will not result in the opening of the 1,500 additional rapid build hospital beds, six surgical hubs and four elective hospitals promised by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49023/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently stated that the planned HSE NCHD recruitment freeze is “in breach of NCHD contract”, that NCHDs are suffering unprecedented levels of work-related stress and burnout, and that the freeze will lead to even more dangerous conditions for patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49024/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment of Public Health Nurses for the CHO7 area. [48911/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Health Service Funding · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 75–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 73–58
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [43871/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-10-12
  VOTE
  Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the licensing of the sale by retail of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of licences issued under and in accordance with the Act; to provide for certain related offences; and for those and other purposes, to provide for the amendment of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002; and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments and the revocation of certain statutory instruments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 5–5
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 5–4
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Education

  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]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [41214/23]
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–10
• 2023-09-27
  VOTE
  Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023

  A bill to prohibit persons from engaging in certain conduct in safe access zones, that is to say, in certain areas in and adjacent to certain healthcare premises; to make provision for enforcement in respect of engaging in conduct prohibited in such safe access zones, and to provide for offences in relation to such prohibited conduct; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 111–10
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the future of the medical cannabis access programme will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health how many patients to date have been enrolled in the medical cannabis access programme; if he will provide a breakdown, on those enrolments, of the conditions for which they have been prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that recent data has shown that 100,800 children are on some form of National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list, with one in five of those 20,600 young people waiting longer than a year for treatment or assessment in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40712/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has called for the emergency department taskforce to meet urgently to discuss how the HSE plans to tackle the persistent overcrowding problem in Irish hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently published data showing that the mental health budget has declined as a percentage of the overall health budget from 13% in 1984 to 5.1% in 2023; if he is aware that the organisation has called for the mental health budget to be at least 10% of the overall health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40711/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the new National Children's Hospital is expected to open; what the final cost of the project will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that there are only 51 CAMHS inpatient beds operational across the country at any one time, falling well short of the 130 beds recommended in the Government's 'A Vision for Change' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40714/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38931/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the average waiting period for any genetic test in the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34449/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to lower the breast cancer screening age below the current level of 50 to 40 or 45 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32049/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to progress drug availability in Ireland for rare forms of the neurological condition, spinal muscular atrophy, specifically adult types 3 and 4 (details supplied). [32647/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the progress he is making on expanding the national heel-prick test; how many diseases babies born today in Ireland are currently being tested for; when he will decide on including spinal muscular atrophy in newborn screening (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31721/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services, as required by the Public Service Pay and Pension Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that the number of long-waiters for hospital treatment has increased by 12% since start of 2023 and has risen 22-fold over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26577/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that 309 children are waiting for scoliosis-related surgery and that just 12 spinal fusions have been completed to date in 2023 in Temple Street and Cappagh hospitals, a third of the number completed in the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) recently reported that over 1.1 million people are waiting for some form of hospital care, with 888,600 people on National Treatment Purchase Fund waiting list and a further 250,000 people waiting for diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26576/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware it is almost ten years since the HSE has reviewed medical card eligibility on medical grounds, and the effectiveness of the system of assessment for a discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a professor of palliative medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway recently said the medical cannabis access programme was a welcome step, but is still not working for many patients; if he will immediately publish a long-awaited review into the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to reschedule the chemical compound psilocybin for medical research and medicinal purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/23]
• 2023-05-31
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023 · 2 divisions

  A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 67–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–74
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that community neuro-rehabilitation is a vital support for people living with neurological conditions, a community neuro-rehabilitation team was promised for every Community Health Organisation (CHO) area but most have not been delivered; if he will commit to a timeline to establish a team in every CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17656/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 2) regulations 2023 will extend to Irish citizens who are prescribed cannabis medicines; if his Department has nominated a body to issue and verify such certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/23]
• 2023-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if people with long-term and serious allergies would be considered for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/23]
• 2023-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the unavailability of medication for persons who suffer with diverticulosis, given that patients who are normally prescribed colofac and spasmonal cannot avail of this medication, and neither pharmacists nor GPs can confirm when these medications will be available from suppliers; the reason for the lack of supply of these medications; and if he will confirm when they will be available again. [22218/23]
• 2023-05-10
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–63
• 2023-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has still not been paid the pandemic special recognition payment Covid bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21071/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will outline for the past ten years each time the income threshold to qualify for a medical card got updated or altered; and if he will respond with details of each or any update to qualify for a medical card. [18999/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to update the income threshold for a medical card to align with the current cost of living. [19000/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to update the qualification criteria for a medical card to consider long-term illnesses that have a cost burden on a household; and if he will make the qualification for a medical card to be more flexible to take in cost factors that are not on the current list. [19001/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the medical card to all cancer patients under treatment. [19002/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the report of the review of abortion laws in Ireland will be published; the steps he will take to ensure the law is amended to fully reflect the repeal referendum result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health what plans the HSE has for holistic, neuro-focused, multidisciplinary long Covid clinics; if he will tackle the long waiting lists for long Covid appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health why PCR testing centres have been closed despite a recent uptick in infections and hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17658/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of public health cover for people with serious and life-long allergies, and the significant financial costs they face, such as for epi-pens, eye drops and other medications; if he will confirm that people who suffer from serious allergies will be entitled to medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/23]
• 2023-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a public inquiry into the CAMHS service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if applied behaviour analysis is in use in the health service for people with autism; and if so, how widespread the practice is. [17515/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Newcastle area has not been filled for some time, which is impacting significantly on the population in that area, including the lack of check-ups for new-born babies; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16487/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [12869/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on an application by a person (details supplied); and if the decision will be expedited. [14444/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the provision that has been put into place regarding women who have suffered a still birth at pregnancy; and if there is 'pregnancy after loss' notification on medical files to inform the doctor/midwife/consultant of the bereaved mother's medical history prior to an appointment and assessment. [12517/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the pain and trauma parents experience following the loss of a stillborn child and the impact that this can have on future pregnancies in terms of fear, anxiety and the re-experiencing of the loss; in recognition of this, if he will consider the introduction of a coded sticker that can be applied to pregnancy charts to indicate that the current pregnancy is a 'pregnancy after loss' that will alert medical staff immediately to read the history and act accordingly, thereby minimising the pain of having to explain at each visit about the previous loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13238/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of an organisation's (details supplied) recent call for a wealth tax of graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% on wealth above €4.7 million, with the organisation stating that such a wealth tax would raise €8.2 billion annually and has the potential to transform Irish public services in health, housing and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9961/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-25
  VOTE
  Capacity in the Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 68–59
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 68–58
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59248/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that frontline workers who were asked to return to work back in the Irish healthcare system under the "be on call for Ireland" campaign do not receive PRSI contribution benefits for dental check or glasses, due to the fact that 2020 contributions are calculated and if they have not worked a full year in 2020 they do not receive dental check or glasses, regardless of 2021 contributions or any previous contributions which they had made before emigration; and if she will provide a waiver for frontline workers, in order to receive free dental checks or glasses. [57541/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that plans for the redeployment of those working as Covid swabbers and testers for the HSE, who are due to finish up on 21 November 2022, will be guaranteed job before Christmas (details supplied). [57522/22]
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if public health nurses will no longer be carrying out developmental routine baby and child checks unless the child is recommended by a medical practitioner as priority or considered priority by a public health nurse (details supplied); and if so, the reason that developmental routine checks for all children are no longer available. [56805/22]
• 2022-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the new actions that he is proposing to take, in light of the news that over 27,000 persons left Ireland's emergency departments before receiving treatment between July and September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55686/22]
• 2022-11-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion failed · 60–75
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that a large number of Covid-19 swabbers currently employed in testing centres face lay-offs in late November 2022; the exact numbers planned for lay-offs; if these staff, who worked throughout the pandemic, will be redeployed elsewhere; if he will intervene to ensure that these front-line workers are kept on the payroll over the Christmas period given the likely surge in Covid-19 cases and the need for such trained staff in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55177/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [52954/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the latest position on conducting a review of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52402/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a 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. [52403/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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. [52400/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who are on the CAMHS waiting list nationally; the number waiting for care for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the dangerous under-staffing and overcrowding conditions in the Mater Hospital recently highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52399/22]
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published report from the Health Research Board, the 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. [52406/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [44844/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated monthly cost to the Exchequer of providing universal free antigen tests. [45628/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if it is now HSE policy to re-employ staff who have retired; if so, what are the implications for existing staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27369/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will take place; if he will provide the details of those who will sit on the review panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the impacts that a strike by an organisation (details supplied) will have on waiting lists and the number of patients on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26943/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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. [26939/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of approved medical products that are now prescribable under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if he will provide the details of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26940/22]
• 2022-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if gluteoplasty is available on the public health system following bariatric surgery and weight loss. [26986/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the long-awaited and urgently needed primary care centre for north Clondalkin, Dublin 22; if the project delay due to the issue regarding the transfer of the Collinstown Park site to the HSE from the Department of Education has been resolved (details supplied); the date for the construction of the primary centre; the proposed timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25909/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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. [26558/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of approved medical products that are now prescribable under the medical cannabis access programme; if he will provide details of each product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26559/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme will take place; if he will provide details of the persons who will sit on the review panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26560/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the regulations in relation to non-surgical cosmetic treatments aesthetics; if his attention has been drawn to the proliferation of unregulated practices in the administration of these cosmetic procedures; the steps that he plans to take to regulate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the vacant position of public health nurse in the Lucan area has not been filled for some time which is impacting significantly on the population in that area including the lack of check-ups for newborn babies; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for the Freestyle Libre device with immediate effect following a survey by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21618/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device or offer a different process to enable same to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21619/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE for the building on Main Street, Rathcoole, County Dublin that currently hold the Four Districts Day Centre and the site that it sits on; if the attention of the HSE has been drawn to the Specific Local Objective that is attached to the site in the South Dublin County Council County Development Plan and the way in which it intends to use this site in the future; and if the HSE has considered the retention of the centre at this location in view of the fact it is a very accessible location for those in the community who avail of the service. [18520/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way he plans to reconcile the requirements for full healthcare for women, including termination of pregnancy, in the new national maternity hospital if it is built on land owned by a Vatican-approved successor organisation to a Catholic religious congregation. [17012/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on, and response to, the recent request by an organisation (details supplied) for the reintroduction of masks in indoor public and other crowded settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17019/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason for the absence of records relating to the selection of the Mater hospital for the new national trauma centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17018/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the plans for the Brook House mental health facility in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17017/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied) for an additional 100 neurological nurses needed nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/22]
• 2022-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the recent rapid increase in Covid-19-related hospitalisations does not increase the already lengthy waiting lists for hospital treatment and will not result in the cancellation of transplant operations due to lack of bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17016/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to including Covid-19 community swabbers in the full €1,000 payment to frontline healthcare workers in view of a number of reasons (detailed supplied); if he will acknowledge that these workers adequately fit the criteria for those eligible for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the date on which the Medical Cannabis Access Programme clinical review will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15393/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a legislative framework to support the rolling out of free contraception for persons aged 17 to 25 years is on track to be before the Houses of the Oireachtas before the summer 2022 recess; the work that is currently taking place to address concerns regarding capacity among providers and the need for additional training and certification in long acting reversible methods of contraception in order that women and girls are offered the best possible range of options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12998/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1415 of 19 January 2022, if there are further updates in relation to the matter. [11886/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is currently a hormone replacement therapy shortage; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that women are reporting not being able to fill prescriptions for hormone patches in a significant number of pharmacies and are left with few options other than to travel to the North to source the treatment; the steps that are being taken to immediately address the unavailability of hormone replacement therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11128/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland had the eighth highest incidence rate and fifth highest mortality rate for breast cancer in the European Union in 2020; if he will reduce the age for eligibility for breast screening from 50 to 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will support broadening the range of products considered as suitable for use under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme in the context of the ongoing scientific review of cannabis for medical use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7944/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of staff and resourcing for the national child and adolescent mental health service and the damage caused to children and adolescents by the consequent over and inappropriate medication of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5418/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of statistics from the HSE regarding the number of children who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 since December 2021 in the context of the high number of Covid-19 infections being reported in children during January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5419/22]
• 2022-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3614/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a delegation of persons who live with Lyme disease and who have much to offer in terms of informing policy and working on creating awareness of the disease for medical professionals and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4502/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of the case of a person (details supplied) to ascertain the appropriateness of their treatment a number of weeks before their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the release of Covid-19 statistics relating to children given that they have not been published for four weeks; if he will include age-related data for cases and hospitalisations especially given the recent case surge following the emergence of the omicron variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3871/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 2 November 2021, the status of the discussions and consideration mentioned in the reply regarding the availability of the EU Digital Covid Certificate for those who have been medically advised not to take the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3106/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of service and staffing levels across the health service and ensure that extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the service can increase its capacity on a permanent basis to deal with non-Covid-19 care and the almost one million persons on waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2628/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of service and staffing levels across the mental health service and ensure that extra services and extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the mental health service can increase its capacity on a permanent basis to deal with the mental health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if thighplasty is available as a treatment post weight loss via the HSE public system. [63167/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many healthcare and social care workers are slipping into poverty as a result of low wages; his views on the contribution that these workers, many of whom are on the frontline have made during the Covid-19 pandemic; the steps that will be taken to address issue of low pay for workers in these sectors; the further steps that will be taken to ensure they have a living wage; his further views on the fact that low pay is forcing many to leave these sectors to seek alternative higher paid employment and the gap that is left in the sectors as a result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63442/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the improvements his Department is making in the area of healthcare for trans persons; his views on whether the current waiting time of over two and a half years to be first seen is unacceptable; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has declined further during the Covid-19 pandemic; his views on the immense negative impact this is having on the mental health of pre transition trans persons given the rates of both suicidal ideation and attempts in this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63499/21]
• 2021-12-15
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion the motion motion passed · 107–36
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion passed · 103–37
• 2021-12-08
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 87–48
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the new clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will commence; if he will provide details of the parameters of the review; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60247/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants who have registered their interest in participation in the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; the number of patients who have been registered on the programme; the number of patients currently in receipt of cannabis products under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60248/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the total payments made by the State to private hospitals and other private health service providers in 2020 and to the end of October 2021; and the projected cost in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59506/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds currently being sourced from private hospitals; and the monthly cost to the Exchequer of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59505/21]
• 2021-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that no other transplant operations are cancelled due to lack of ICU bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59508/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds currently being sourced from private hospitals; the monthly cost to the Exchequer of these beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59515/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the total payments made by the State to private hospitals and other private health service providers in 2020 and up to the end of October 2021; the projected cost in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59516/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that no other transplant operations are cancelled due to lack of ICU bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59517/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–60
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–63
• 2021-11-24
  VOTE
  Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 82–46
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason cancer patients at St. James’s Hospital were asked to attend the hospital recently for a Covid-19 booster vaccination but instead received an additional vaccination (details supplied) and were informed that they would be invited back in six months for a booster shot; the reason they received a vaccination card which showed that they had received an additional Covid-19 vaccination dose while the Covid-19 booster dose box was left unchecked; the difference between these two categories; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has caused a level of confusion and anxiety amongst vulnerable patients; if another layer of treatment has been introduced; the reason there appears to be no information available on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56824/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that since the introduction of S.I. No. 681/2019 - Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019 no enforcement cases have been brought by his Department to date; if a commitment will be given to establish a traceability and verification system to back up the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57174/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the impact the new legislation enacted recently will have on a fair deal scheme applicant who has been approved for the scheme but before they take up a bed in a nursing home their main primary residence is sold by their spouse; if the proceeds from the sale of the primary residence is not considered cash assets but rather is determined in a similar way as prior to the sale and the fair deal contribution will be capped at 7.5% of the value of the house for three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55734/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the Winter Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55300/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the provisions which will be implemented in the Winter Plan in the areas of managing Covid-19 cases in intensive care units, the flu, elective surgeries and non-elective surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55301/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 82–43
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 82–44
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–66
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  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]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of State-funded mental health services in an area (details supplied); the number of mental health workers and professionals employed in these services; if he will provide information regarding the increases and decreases in the available mental health services in the area over the past three years; if he will provide waiting list numbers for mental health services in the area; the level of funding spent on mental health services in the area over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49673/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability, on an annual basis in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48744/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by county for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48745/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason assessors are not asked to provide a diagnosis under the new standard operating procedure for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, given the Act requires the nature and extent of the disability to be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48746/21]
• 2021-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the mean and median time required to complete assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 for 2018, 2019 and 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48747/21]
• 2021-10-06
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 78–55
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–73
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the outcome in which the fair deal scheme has been approved but a spouse subsequently wants to separate and sell the family home; if the home can be sold in this instance; if so, the way that this will affect the approved scheme if after selling the home the person approved for the scheme uses his or her share of the proceeds of the sale to buy another property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/21]
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing free car parking at all public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46897/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [46416/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year health and well-being budget for 2022, including for a child and well-being service. [46121/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of adding 1,000 beds to the acute hospital network. [46122/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for gender reassignment. [46123/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of clearing waiting lists for autism assessment. [46124/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the budget for mental health services for 2021 and the value of this as a percentage of the total health budget. [44934/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing free general practitioner care to all. [44935/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of ventilators ordered from China by the HSE or others on behalf of the HSE in 2020; the cost of the ventilators ordered; the number of ventilators delivered; the number that have been deployed in clinical situations; the number that have not been delivered; the amount paid for the ventilators; and the amount owed in refunds. [45064/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will establish a framework that brings the public health restrictions on individual in-person music tuition in line with other sectors in order that students can attend classes as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42309/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the restrictions that will be proposed or in place for weddings over the next few months given that couples planning weddings need details to plan around for the day and are concerned about postponing weddings again. [41524/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the position on the abolition of the current ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood and the introduction of an individualised risk assessment system for all prospective donors similar to that now in place in Britain and Northern Ireland; when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a framework that brings the public health restrictions on individual in-person music tuition in line with other sectors in order that students can attend classes as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if all of the 270 families affected by the keeping of records by his Department in relation to possible litigation cases over services for children diagnosed with autism have been contacted by a liaison person and offered support; if not, the support he plans to offer those families who have not been contacted to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34476/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his Department is now in a position to respond to persons by email and postal correspondence following the cyber-attack; if all families affected by the keeping of records in relation to possible litigation cases over services for children diagnosed with autism will be contacted by his Department in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34477/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to administer a vaccine (details supplied) to young persons with conditions, syndromes or illnesses who are particularly vulnerable should they contract the Covid-19 virus in view of his recent acknowledgement as good news that the European Medical Agency and others have approved the vaccine for use in the 12 to 15 year olds cohort; if so, when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34912/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that persons fully vaccinated with a vaccine (details supplied) while travelling from Canada to the USA for an event were prevented from attending as the vaccine is not FDA approved; his views on the fact that this may cause significant issues for persons fully vaccinated with this vaccine in Ireland intending to travel to the USA for essential travel currently and non-essential travel when permitted; if there are issues along these lines with other vaccines; if there are other countries to which travel may be problematic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a person without transport with a debilitating respiratory condition requiring constant oxygen can be accommodated for their second vaccine in a centre located closer to them rather than a centre located further away in which they received the first vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36875/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list numbers for special education schools in each HSE CHO area. [37213/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the waiting list numbers for special education schools by each local authority area in the CHO7 area. [37214/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of special education needs officers in the CHO7 area; and the population size each SENO is responsible for. [37215/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of special education needs officers in each CHO area; and the population size each SENO is responsible for. [37216/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time on a list for a child to obtain a place in a special education school; and the average waiting time of each CHO area. [37217/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to address shortages of special education school places in the CHO7 area; and his plans to extend or build additional schools. [37218/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 74–68
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when sunosi which is manufactured in Ireland and is available in Northern Ireland and other EU countries will be made available here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this drug has been proven to be very beneficial in the treatment of narcolepsy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35087/21]
• 2021-07-13
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 8–6
• 2021-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the details of any meetings or contact she has had with the Mental Health Commission on its concerns over the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36754/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the percentage of assessments of need completed under the Disability Act 2005 that included a diagnosis of a disability in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27155/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications by county for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 overdue for completion at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27156/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason assessors are not asked to provide a diagnosis under the new standard operating procedure for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 given that the Act requires the nature and extent of the disability to be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27157/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the mean and median time required to complete assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each of the years 2018 to 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27158/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will make publicly available the report he received from the HSE on visits in maternity units stating which hospitals are fully compliant with the national policy and which have yet to be fully compliant; the reason for the non-compliance in particular hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding plans to approve the use of a Covid-19 vaccine details supplied) ; if negotiations in relation to obtaining the vaccine for distribution here are taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26173/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when public health restrictions will be lifted for amusement arcades in order that employees in this sector can return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/21]
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Act 2021

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 90–50
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–68
• 2021-06-02
  VOTE
  Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 77–51
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish students who are completing studies abroad of courses not available in Ireland and who are returning to see family and work after a period of quarantine will find the cost of mandatory hotel quarantine prohibitive and this will substantially affect their ability to complete their studies; his views on the fact that Erasmus students' mandatory hotel quarantine costs are being covered by their colleges acknowledging that students should not be expected to pay this themselves; if he will consider waiving the charges for returning students in order that all students are treated equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on media reports in relation to the adverse effects of epilim on some women; if he will meet with the women and their representatives; if he will publish the HSE valproate response project report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22529/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity and an update in relation to partners of pregnant person’s attendance at prenatal appointments, labour and delivery (details supplied); if he will allow this vital support to resume as the gradual relaxation of public health restrictions commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21412/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a significant community effort to secure funding for a life-saving treatment for a person (details supplied); if his Department will fund their treatment or fund the remainder of the amount needed to access the treatment their doctor has recommended; the options for funding of the treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the long-awaited and urgently needed primary care centre for north Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the reason for the current hold up on the centre; the date for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22110/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some large department stores (details supplied) are selling non-essential items in breach of current public health restrictions; the steps he will take in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when outdoor work such as window cleaning outdoors is expected to return; if he will provide details of guidelines on the definition of outdoor work and the plans for outdoor work under current health guidelines. [18847/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider providing an online test option for the significant backlog of persons waiting to do their driver theory test given the current public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18589/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) and their companion who are travelling abroad for vital medical reasons do not have to undergo mandatory hotel quarantining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19678/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to reopen the gay men’s health service based at the Meath primary care centre which has been closed for over a year; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the clinic is one of the busiest sexual health services and the only one specifically serving LGBTQ+ persons and is the only public sexual health service that has not reopened since March 2020; the plans for its reopening; his plans to set up new sexual health testing centres nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17798/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has taken steps to work with his counterpart and others in the Netherlands to facilitate the inclusion of the products of a company (details supplied) in the list of prescribed products for those eligible for treatment under the forthcoming medical cannabis access programme; his views on whether the availability of the products would allow for the seamless inclusion of those currently prescribed the products under the individual licensing programme in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16309/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens who availed of the EU cross-border directive in the past four years; and the breakdown by year of the number of Irish patients who availed of the directive in all EU jurisdictions combined. [16604/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of EU cross-border directive applications that have never been finalised or completed; and the breakdown by year for the past four years. [16605/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who availed of medical treatment in other EU countries who were refused a refund under the cross-border directive by the HSE; and the breakdown by year for the past four years. [16606/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the criteria the HSE used when distributing vaccines to general practitioner clinics to decide which clinics received the vaccine first; and if it was alphabetical or based on other criteria. [16890/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the delay regarding general practitioner clinics that did not receive vaccines supplies on time will alter or affect future deliveries of vaccines to those clinics. [16891/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will acknowledge the stress, anxiety and uncertainty that pregnant women and their partners continue to experience as a result of public health restrictions during the pandemic; if he will ensure that maternity services are prioritised during any talks regarding the easing of restrictions in order that those who are pregnant can be accompanied and supported by partners through the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17385/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the contracts entered into for the purchase of PPE and medical equipment as part of the Covid-19 response in 2020; the amount spent; the contracting companies that the HSE bought the PPE through; if any of this PPE was unused; if so, if it is currently in storage; the amount being spent on storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason for reimbursing the cost of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system for children and young persons with type 1 diabetes while excluding adults; his views on whether while it is welcomed that children and young persons will have access to this important tool in monitoring glucose levels, the significant cost of €120 per month for the monitor is excessive especially for those on low income; if he will consider reimbursing the cost of the glucose monitor for all those with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14374/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will take immediate action to reverse the decision to cut 300 intern doctor posts at a time when the greatest ever need exists for increased resources both during and post-Covid-19 and the pressure to clear unprecedented waiting lists; his views on whether this proposed reduction will leave 300 newly qualified doctors who have been educated to a world class standard with little option but to export their knowledge and skills at a time when they are urgently needed at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he considers the trace amount of THC in products derived from the EU hemp crop to be controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if EU hemp food products which contain trace amounts of THC are controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if EU authorities regulate EU hemp food products which contain trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, as products controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the European Commission regulates EU hemp products with trace amounts of THC such as food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13155/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if all three sources of cannabidiol are regulated as food by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13156/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the European Commission is in the process of providing scientifically authorised levels of THC in hemp foods in line with Article 28 of Council Decision (EU) 2021/3 of 23 November 2020 and with reference to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13157/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent clarifications provided by the European Commission to an organisation (details supplied); if Ireland will continue to apply criminal drugs laws to foods which are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13159/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if Ireland is the only EU member state with an existing hemp food industry which continues to use criminal drugs laws to control trace amounts of THC which is not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13160/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the interests of justice are served by applying Irish criminal drugs laws to food products which are not controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs when the express purpose of those Irish laws is to give effect to the convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13161/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to exercise the Misuse of Drugs Acts against CBD foods with trace amounts of THC produced and or sold by Irish companies who have novel food applications pending at considerable cost on the advice of the Food Safety Authority given that the European Commission has indicated to an organisation (details supplied) that the Commission itself has regulatory authority over the certification pathway under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and that the Commission has now resumed the verification process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13162/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients that have availed of the EU cross-border directive in the UK; and the breakdown by year for the past five years of the number of patients that availed of the EU cross-border directive in the UK. [11042/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the application process for the new Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will be the same as the EU cross-border directive; and if the refund amounts by the HSE to patients availing of the scheme will be on the same guideline pricing as the EU cross-border directive. [11043/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme beyond January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of the medicinal cannabis access programme in 2021; the funding that has been allocated for the programme; if those who are in receipt of a ministerial licence will be included in the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/21]
• 2021-02-25
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

  Bill entitled an Act, to make exceptional provision, in the public interest and having regard to the manifest and grave risk to human life and public health posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19 and variants of that disease and in order to mitigate, where practicable, the effect of the spread of that disease; to amend the Health Act 1947 to make further and better provision for the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of that Act; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State from certain areas from where there is known to be sustained human transmission of Covid-19 or any variant of concern, or from which there is a high risk of importation of infection or contamination with Covid-19 or any variant of concern by travel from that area; to provide for the designation of such areas by the Minister; to provide for the mandatory quarantine of persons coming into the State who fail to comply with certain requirements relating to testing for the disease; to provide for the designation of facilities for such quarantine; to provide for the conveying of persons to those facilities; to provide for the making of service agreements to facilitate such quarantine; to provide for alternatives to such quarantine for persons coming into the State where such persons indicate an intention to apply for international protection or where such persons are children who are not accompanied by an adult; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–86
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 125–5
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 131–11
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he plans to add first-line treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum to the drugs payment scheme and medical card; if his attention has been drawn to the significant financial pressure that the cost of these treatments put on pregnant women; if he will address this, as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it will be ensured that future appointees to the Climate Change Advisory Council will have relevant public health expertise; his views on whether climate change is the greatest threat to global health this century (details supplied) and that recovery from Covid-19 must build upon the current focus on public health to ensure Ireland and those supported by Ireland through Irish Aid are resilient to future health issues and take advantage of the opportunities for improved health afforded by tackling climate change in an holistic and health inclusive way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent EU ruling in a case (details supplied) in which the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that cannabidiol, CBD, is not a narcotic under EU law within the meaning of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drug as it does not have any psychotropic or harmful effects on human health on the basis of available scientific data; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the court also ruled that EU states cannot ban the marketing of CBD legally produced in another member state; the measures in progress to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to reflect this ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the measures in progress to raise the tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, levels permitted in cannabidiol, CBD, products to 0.3% as is currently legally permitted in the rest of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8081/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the measures in progress to ensure that a full range of cannabidiol, CBD, products will be available to Irish consumers, including oils, pastes, flowers, teas and other products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8082/21]
• 2021-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the roll-out of vaccines in nursing homes and hospital settings (details supplied); if the matter will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7567/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to places on the list of priority for vaccine roll-out for persons with cystic fibrosis who are particularly vulnerable due to the fact their illness affects their lung capacity and respiratory system; and the steps he will take to resolve the matter. [5389/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to all childcare and early educators workers that are working during the pandemic and the risks in their workplace; and if they will be added to the vaccine roll-out programme as a priority, in particular the group 4 category of childcare workers. [5390/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to ensure patients who are currently being prescribed the products produced by a company (details supplied) will be able to continue to receive them and not incur further additional expenses such as couriering or personal collection of this prescribed product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5659/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if all patients who were receiving reimbursement for their cannabis product prescription costs prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5660/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the permissible products list of the medical cannabis access programme to include cannabis flower (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the qualifying list of conditions of the medical cannabis access programme will be expanded to include chronic pain, migraine, arthritis, endometriosis, anxiety, dementia and depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of an online cannabis education programme for clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to ensure that cannabis patients who have had to emigrate can return to Ireland and legally and affordably access the medicine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the EU Cross-Border Directive is affected by Brexit for Irish patients seeking to have surgeries in the UK; and if so, the changes in this regard. [4984/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the private nursing home sector with particular reference to staffing levels, financial viability and supports being offered to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the most recent figures for HSE recruitment of healthcare workers particularly recruitment of care professionals from the private nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3793/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans in the event of the closure of either private or public nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3794/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a copy of contingency plans he may have for various adverse scenarios affecting private nursing homes will be provided; if a summary will be provided of these plans with particular reference to crises in staffing and in the event of serious Covid-19 outbreaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the option of emergency State intervention or State control of private nursing homes; if so, if costings for the acquisition and or operation of private facilities are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic there were at one point over 2,000 vacant beds in the hospital system due to the cancellation of elective procedures and the reduction in non-Covid hospital admissions; the reason for missed targets despite this spare capacity given patient experience times failed to meet targets in many instances and times for persons over 75 years of age grew in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3797/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views and the data and on the way in which cancellations and reduced attendance at hospital affected health outcomes of patients generally and specifically in the case of persons over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has considered using information on reduced inpatient numbers and associated health outcomes to examine resourcing of care in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3799/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a list will be provided of current contracts that the HSE has with private consultancy firms for each HSE division and directorate, for example, corporate change, disability and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated spend on private consultancy and auditing services in the HSE in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of the prioritisation of vaccination for the most vulnerable of older persons not currently in nursing homes; the timeframe for vaccination of this cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1350/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the drug dupilumab which is a treatment for atopic eczema will be approved for Irish patients soon; the reason this treatment which is available throughout Europe and in Northern Ireland has still not been approved here given its benefits as a targeted treatment for atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason access to HSE files under freedom of information can be refused under section 15(1)(c) if it is felt that there are too many documents to retrieve and examine; his views as to whether this denial of access can have grave and far-reaching implications for those who need their files; if consideration will be given to re-examining this reason for denying access in view of the negative impact it has on those who need to see their files; if there is a right to appeal this decision; if so, if the appeal can be conducted by an independent reviewer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43135/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the steps she plans to take in cases in relation to several health care workers who have been given notice that they may face deportation as their applications for international protection have failed in view of the considerable service these applicants have given to the State during the Covid-19 crisis. [42531/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out across the country; if a new database will be developed to ensure a professional tracking system for both shots of the vaccine; if the programme will be rolled out by the public health regions; the role that general practitioners will play in this roll-out; if there will be a prioritisation of vulnerable groups; if so, the order of this prioritisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42359/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that all student nurses receive payment for the work they have put in across the health service during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide full details of the first deal with the private hospitals in the fight against Covid-19; if there has been a value for money analysis of this deal; his plans to permanently increase the public healthcare capacity in order to not risk the overwhelming of the service in another wave of Covid-19 and do not have to buy services from the private hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42364/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that no child in need of scoliosis surgery is left waiting while the condition worsens and results in serious pain for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of ministerial medical cannabis licences that have been issued; the number of licence holders currently being reimbursed under the licensing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38150/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of the medical cannabis access programme; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38151/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his Department acknowledges that there is a significant cohort who have not recovered following Covid-19 infection and who are experiencing long Covid; if multidisciplinary post Covid-19 countrywide clinics will be established which will include occupational therapists, physiotherapists, nutritionists and counsellors; if it will be ensured that best practice, guidelines, guidance and training are provided to general practitioners and consultants in relation to long Covid ensuring consistency and compassionate treatment of patients with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38795/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that information, guidance and guidelines will be made available to employers in relation to the management of workers with long Covid; if clarity will be provided with regard to the medical and financial entitlements of those with long Covid; if accurate and up-to-date information will be provided on the HSE website in regard to Covid-19 contraction and recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38796/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of proposed primary care centres in Lucan, County Dublin; the stage of the process they are in; and if there is funding allocated. [36450/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of proposed primary care centres in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; the stage of the process they are in; and if there is funding allocated. [36451/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is evidence of a general lack of awareness of the pneumococcal vaccination in the at-risk population and, if so, if there are plans to address this with a public health awareness campaign similar to that addressing the availability and importance of the flu vaccine for these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34546/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the women’s health task force that was established over a year ago; the actions taken or achieved in the intervening period; the plans in the area of women’s health over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the position of student nurses in the health service; if they have been offered healthcare assistants' contracts and work; if while on placement they will be offered similar payments as in March 2020; the supports that will be in place on an ongoing basis for student nurses serving in the public service given the risks of Covid-19 infection; if he will increase the current allowance of €50.79 a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33542/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of his negotiations with the private hospital sector to ensure increased capacity as the country enters the second wave of Covid-19; the cost per bed of an agreement by ICU and acute bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33541/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans for further investment in testing tracing infrastructure and public health tracing teams in the coming weeks; the number of whole-time equivalents employed in this service since April 2020, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33540/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the perinatal mental health services available for women; his plans to improve or add to these services in the near future; the perinatal mental health services available in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33544/20]
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 85–53
• 2020-10-23
  VOTE
  Health (Amendment) Bill 2020

  A bill to make further and better provision in relation to the enforcement of regulations under section 31A of the Health Act 1947; for that purpose, to make provision in relation to the prosecution of certain offences consisting of contraventions of those regulations, to provide for the payment of fixed sums by persons alleged to have committed certain such offences in lieu of their being prosecuted for those offences; to provide for the giving of directions by members of the Garda Síochána in certain circumstances; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 93–43
• 2020-10-22
  VOTE
  Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3 · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 92–53
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–86
• 2020-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond positively to calls from nurses and other healthcare professionals to reinsert the requirement that infectious diseases, including Covid-19, are reported by employers to the Health and Safety Authority as infectious diseases in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23678/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will commit to increasing maternity leave and benefit to nine weeks in acknowledgement of the difficult situation parents of new babies are in as a result of the public health emergency; the amount that current legislation permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29865/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process for those who have been refused reimbursement by the HSE for the use of the breast cancer drug pertuzumab despite a consultant oncologist’s opinion that it would be beneficial to use as treatment in a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if some maternity hospitals have the facilities to carry out quick turnaround Covid-19 testing; if this facility can be extended to cover partners of pregnant persons in order that they can be present for scans and other maternity services and resume the much-needed support of their partners during hospital maternity visits and labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in hospitals permanently; his further plans to increase the current 45 ICU beds in view of the worrying recent increase in the number of Covid-19 infections and in anticipation of another wave of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23677/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the medical cannabis access programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of the budgetary constraints stated by his Department as the reason for the delay in the roll-out of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23552/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a date has been established for the commencement of the medicinal access programme; the concerns and obstacles to the roll-out of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/20]
• 2020-09-10
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the role her Department will play in overseeing new regulations being brought in by the Minister for Health that will be made into criminal offences under section 13 of the new Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018; if there will be a vote taken in Dáil Éireann prior to the regulations becoming law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22926/20]
• 2020-09-10
  VOTE
  Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 15–125
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disability service providers have not received extra funding to cover the costs of deep cleaning, sanitising and other associated Covid-19 hygiene protocols as they begin to resume their services for persons with disabilities; if extra funding will be provided in the interest of public health to organisations providing these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16371/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the income threshold level for medical card eligibility is to be raised; the details of the new levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16380/20]
• 2020-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the availability of Covid-19 antibody tests, that is, post-infection blood tests, for persons going for private surgeries in private hospitals and for those who can pay amounts varying from €79 to €250; if he will consider providing this test free of charge in the first instance to persons who have been shielding and cocooning to enable them to improve their mental and physical health and restore confidence; his plans to roll out the Covid-19 antibody test to all who require it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the reason for the delay in treatment for some of these children such as a child (details supplied); the way in which and when these issues will be addressed in order that all children can receive this vital treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15427/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the health impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on persons living with dementia and their family carers; his further views on the lack of consideration and strategy in terms of addressing the unique needs of this group during the pandemic; if the omission of the group will be addressed by specifically including it in current and future discussions and debate in relation to Covid-19 and other public health strategies and policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15944/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on a recently published report (details supplied); his further views on the conclusion in the report that policy and practice needs to focus on the way in which persons living with dementia and their informal and formal carers can be optimally supported; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15945/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the concerns of health professionals and organisations working with persons with dementia and their families that dementia has not been included specifically in data collection related to Covid-19 mortality or in the public messaging being issued will be addressed; the way in which he will address the lack of emphasis placed on the complex needs of those impacted by dementia in the community and in residential settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on whether persons with dementia and their family carers have been rendered invisible during the Covid-19 crisis; the way in which he will ensure that dementia is given high priority in terms of public health policy, research into its impact and future planning with regard to Covid-19; if the issuing of guidelines for the reopening of services and supports for persons and their families will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15947/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if care workers visiting the homes of sick, elderly or disabled persons will be tested fortnightly for Covid-19 in line with the testing of care workers in nursing homes every two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13206/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the rolling out of the medicinal cannabis access programme; the measures that remain to be implemented to commence the programme; if there are outstanding barriers to its commencement; the proposed commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12079/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are experiencing anxiety and stress while waiting for cancer screening services to resume; if a date will be committed to for their earliest resumption; if a guarantee will be given that extra resources will be deployed to ensure that waiting lists for the services are cleared as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the possibility will be explored of allowing families to visit their loved ones that are end-of-life in hospices but that are not actively dying (details supplied); if a range of options that would allow same including the wearing of appropriate PPE and or outdoor visits with social distancing will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9960/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason epidiolex that is a cannabis-based medicine for the treatment of epilepsy and been approved by the EMA and FDA, has not be approved for reimbursement by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8389/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when nursing homes can allow visitors once they have outdoor space while visitors would observe physical distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8279/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the school meals programme into the summer holiday months will be extended in order that families that have lost jobs or are temporarily laid off as a result of the public health emergency can continue to access food during these exceptional times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7146/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of children with spinal muscular atrophy eligible for treatment with the approved drug Spinraza; the number of those receiving the treatment; the reason for the delay in treatment for some of these children such as a child (details supplied); the way in which and when these issues will be addressed in order that all children can receive this vital treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6209/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the situation that as part of the applied social care education process students are required to do placement hours in social care settings and that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the ability of students to complete placements; the steps he will take in relation to the perceived stalemate between third-level social care course providers, CORU and students that have been informed that they will not pass the 2020 term and year due to the premature ending of student placements in social care settings and may not be awarded degrees as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6262/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imminent annual junior doctor rotation at hospitals is causing significant concerns for staff during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); if the rotations will be postponed for a number of months to minimise the impact on frontline staff that are working very hard to manage the public health crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6367/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if funding for additional staff will be committed for the opening of the new residential unit at a nursing home (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the distress and anxiety families are experiencing as a result of uncertainty regarding whether their loved ones will be accommodated in the new unit; if funding will be provided for the additional staff as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5057/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the policy in relation to medicinal cannabis reimbursement as part of the medicinal cannabis access programme; if a guarantee will be provided that no family or person that is granted access under the programme will be expected to incur the substantial cost of using medicinal cannabis as a treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2594/20]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49849/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug Spinraza; the way in which it is being rolled out; and the process and reason for the way in which it is being dispensed in view of the fact that there are still children awaiting its administration. [50227/19]
• 2019-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Labre Park Traveller halting site is one of the few Traveller communities that is not covered by a primary health care team (details supplied); if he will take steps to ensure that the funding of a primary health care team for Travellers living in Labre Park and the wider Ballyfermot and Dublin 10 area is included in the HSE 2020 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49285/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the length of time on average it is taking to diagnose endometriosis and the impact this has on women suffering from the disease including their mental, emotional and physical health and ultimately fertility; his further views on introducing a comprehensive endometriosis education programme for general practitioners and other medical professionals including referring patients to gynaecologists at the earliest opportunity to improve diagnosis; his plans to put in place supports for women with the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48737/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of, and definitive start date for, the medicinal cannabis access programme in view of his most recent response with regard to two cannabis based products having been approved for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents who want their daughter who is 15 years of age to receive the HPV vaccine will incur charges of €900 while their 12 years of age son will receive it for free; the rationale for same; the steps he will take to provide the vaccine free of charge to those that are proactive in having their children vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some pharmacies, including a pharmacy (details supplied), have started to charge patients for the use of blister packs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44373/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of rehabilitation services for persons with a brain injury and the negative effect that this is having on the lives of persons with such injuries. [44683/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the way in which funding for transport to and from hospitals is allocated and used will be examined and clarified; his views on the fact that wheelchair users have particular difficulties in accessing day services if funding for transport is limited such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the date for the commencement of the medical cannabis access programme; if there are outstanding issues in relation to its commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41158/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the necessary steps that will be taken to increase new born screening from eight conditions to 40 as per best international practice; his views on whether the extension in newborn screening will significantly lower the possibility of babies being born with serious and often life-limiting conditions and the subsequent impact on their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41159/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the concerns of the EPA regarding the rising levels of pollution and the failure to meet health-related guidelines in this area as set out by the World Health Organisation; his views on the recent EPA report which states that air pollution is responsible for an estimated 1,180 premature deaths each year; his strategy to address the serious public health issue of rising levels of pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40603/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his strategy for dealing with rising levels of nitrogen dioxide caused by transport emissions in urban areas and the serious risk it poses to public health; his views on the progressive steps that several EU countries and cities are taking to address emissions by making public transport free to encourage persons to use private vehicles less; if he will consider same in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40604/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for treatment types (details supplied) in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39480/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to update knowledge and skills in relation to the diagnosis, management and treatment of ME for medical professionals working in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39696/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of standardised diagnosis, management and treatment of patients with ME; the impact this has on persons with the condition; his plans to put in place a comprehensive review of the way in which ME is diagnosed, managed and treated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39697/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the demonstrated need for a dedicated ME medical facility and department to diagnose, manage and treat persons with the condition; the steps he will take to establish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of children presenting with symptoms that fit a diagnosis of ME and the lack of paediatric professionals with knowledge of the way in which to diagnose, manage and treat the condition in children; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the commencement dates of the medical cannabis access programme; and when the first patients will be referred to the pilot programme. [39807/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the research his Department has commissioned and-or carried out on vaping; the regulations issued on the sale of vaping devices and liquids; the health advice issued on the subject of vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders for oxycodone in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38365/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders for benzodiazepines in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38366/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders for fentanyl in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38367/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders for opioids in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38368/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties regarding accessing the drug Sativex here even when prescribed by a consultant neurologist; the status and prescription protocol in relation to the drug; the changes planned in the prescription of and access to the drug in the aftermath of the introduction of the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34939/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the rules governing public health and exemptions from attendance at court in the case of infectious diseases apply to the family courts; if not, the rationale for same; if he will consider a revision (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35030/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reverse the decision to cut from September 2019 onwards the training grant for persons with disabilities who participate in rehabilitative training; if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs associated with participation in such training, the impact it will have on the limited income of persons with disabilities and the barriers to engagement in training it may subsequently present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35652/19]
• 2019-07-04
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Reports · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–81
  • ✓ voted for Amendment again put: motion passed · 78–41
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if other conditions such as chronic pain will be considered for inclusion in the pilot of the commencement of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28227/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the perceived negative impact that low pay and poor conditions have on the recruitment and retention of staff in the healthcare system; the steps he will take to resolve the pay claims of the 10,000 healthcare workers who have shown good faith by deferring two days of strike action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27802/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include illnesses such as fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27801/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the moneys raised through public hospital car parking charges; the amount of this paid to the private companies that operate hospital car parks; the amount retained by the hospital; the way in which it is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27805/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a definitive date will be provided for the introduction of exclusion safe zones for persons accessing abortion services at general practitioner surgeries or hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27804/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure both the new children’s hospital and new national maternity hospital will be operated as public hospitals only in view of his recent comments regarding his support for a universal healthcare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27803/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the negative impact experienced by 2,500 children waiting for long periods for an appointment with mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22694/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to diagnose the neurological disease myalgic encephalomyelitis as described under G.93.3 WHO International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22163/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to develop guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis using contemporary research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to begin implementing the international consensus criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis to enable those with the condition to get a clear diagnosis as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22165/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to develop a clear pathway of care for myalgic encephalomyelitis patients with prompt access to specialists and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22166/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of specialist consultants for myalgic encephalomyelitis patients; if the HSE will recognise ME as a multi-system disease with many debilitating symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will designate myalgic encephalomyelitis as a reportable health condition in order to obtain robust official collection of data on the number of children, young persons and adults with the condition and the degrees of severity of the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22168/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to update its diagnostic and treatment procedures for persons with myalgic encephalomyelitis to reflect best international practice; if he will address the lack of specialist support within the health service for those suffering with ME; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the wait that families of children with SMA have been facing while the approval of Spinraza has yet to be resolved; if he will intervene on behalf of children such as a child (details supplied); if he will deliver a positive outcome for all children with SMA and their families by announcing the approval of Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20497/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the date for the commencement of the cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20843/19]
• 2019-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the decision on the approval of Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20844/19]
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills if certain entitlements such as breastfeeding breaks, days off for children's college graduations, bereavement leave, assault and health and safety leave could be introduced for special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/19]
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of the ministerial licences for medicinal cannabis granted that have been reimbursed for the cost of the medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20846/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide funding of €200,000 per year to an association (details supplied) to enable it to provide a five-day per week helpline, cover core costs and employ a full-time specialist nurse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18563/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the creation of an additional position for a cognitive behavioural therapy practitioner in the city north-east sector (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18675/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation in relation to surrogacy that is inclusive of same-sex male couples (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18824/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of all those participating or involved in the cannabis working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19612/19]
• 2019-04-11
  VOTE
  Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019

  A bill to give further effect to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications as amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1430/2007 of 5 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 755/2008 of 31 July 2008, Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008, Commission Regulation (EC) No. 279/2009 of 6 April 2009, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 213/2011 of 3 March 2011, Act concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia, Commission Regulation (EU) No. 623/2012 of 11 July 2012, Council Directive 2013/25/EU of 13 May 2013, Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 and Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/790 of 13 January 2016 and, for that purpose, to amend the Dentists Act 1985, the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Pharmacy Act 2007, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011; to make provision for certain other amendments to those Acts; to make provision for certain amendments to the Health Act 1953, the Health Identifiers Act 2014 and the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 102–2
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are several medicinal cannabis licence holders who avail of a third party to collect and deliver their prescription to the licensed home address of the holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14975/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the issue of those with a licence to use cannabis medicinally having to travel to the Netherlands regularly to obtain their prescription; if the establishment of a distributive system similar to that in the UK and Northern Ireland (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12082/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that adult community mental health services in Clondalkin may be lost as a result of a lack of suitable premises; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that organisations such as a task force (details supplied) are extremely concerned about the impact this will have on service users who benefit from having access to local services; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Clondalkin has one of the highest levels of referrals for mental health services in the country and the detrimental impact the loss of local mental health services will have on the community; the measures he will take to urge the HSE to ensure that services are kept in the locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12399/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to, and his plans to address, the contradiction in granting licences for the prescription of THC products for children with intractable epilepsy but they are then omitted from the cannabis access programme; the steps he will take to include children with intractable epilepsy, with the recommendation of their consultant, in the cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12398/19]
• 2019-03-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will implement a review of the long-term illness scheme in view of the fact that it is almost 50 years since it has been updated; if he will consider the addition of fibromyalgia and ME to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a publicly funded youth mental health organisation (details supplied) plans to amalgamate its services which will result in the eventual removal of access to local mental health services for youth in Clondalkin and the surrounding area; the impact this will have on young persons in the Dublin mid-west area which has the second highest number of referrals to mental health services nationally; if the HSE, as funder, can intervene to insist that local services remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the statement by the HSE regarding Spinraza, which contains figures that are at least six months out of date (details supplied); the steps he will take to request the HSE takes the updated information into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10605/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason Spinraza has yet to be approved here in view of the fact it has been approved for reimbursement in 25 other European countries (details supplied); if he will request the HSE to re-enter discussions with a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10606/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the proposed cannabis access programme; if potential suppliers have been identified; and the timeframe for the implementation of the programme. [9540/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of licences issued to date for medical cannabis. [9541/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if an importation licence has been granted to a company that will supply cannabis for the cannabis access programme. [9542/19]
• 2019-02-20
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Health

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 53–58
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the new standard operating procedure for the assessment of need does not require the HSE to diagnose a child at the assessment of need stage (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52346/18]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE rectifies the undue and excessive delays in completing proper and lawful assessment of needs for children with disabilities in view of the fact that the ongoing failure to provide these services is perceived to be a failure to respect children’s rights under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52342/18]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the failure of the HSE to complete assessment of needs for children with disabilities within a reasonable timeframe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52343/18]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the mode of operation in relation to assessment of needs in view of the fact that parents are reporting mixed messages from his Department (details supplied) in relation to procedure; if the new standard operating procedure remains suspended; the measures being taken to clear the substantial waiting lists for an assessment of needs; the reason some assessments are being outsourced to private contractors while other parents are being informed that there is no budget to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52344/18]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents are being refused an assessment of need following the parent questionnaire stage in view of the fact that English is not their first language or there may be literacy difficulties and they may not have the necessary skills to recognise the red flags of disability; if his attention has been further drawn to the need for professionals to review the child as best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52345/18]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent the closure of a society (details supplied); his views on the potential loss to the deaf community of the only national representation and advocacy organisation should the society close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/19]
• 2019-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high cost for persons from low income backgrounds in accessing the meningitis B vaccine whose children were born before 2016; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/19]
• 2019-01-17
  VOTE
  Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018

  A bill to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to establish specific criteria applicable for orphan medicinal products for the purposes of the Health Service Executive making a relevant decision regarding adding an item to the Reimbursement List

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 83–51
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress the parents of children with SMA are experiencing due to the delay in making the drug Spinraza available (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that this matter is resolved at the drugs meeting in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54321/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the fee of €2,000 that patients who want to determine if they are suitable for the cancer treatment drug pembrolizumab are charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53073/18]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the crisis level of opioid addiction and death by overdose in the United States of America according to data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to its increasing misuse here; if a specific public health campaign on management of the use and misuse of fentanyl has been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/18]
• 2018-12-05
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 12 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 90–15
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 9–101
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–89
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 90–16
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–63
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 29–65
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 27–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–67
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 30–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–64
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 10–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–69
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the national maternity hospital will be taken into public ownership as a condition of public funding; the further steps he will take to ensure that the €350 million earmarked for the new build will be conditional on the change of ownership and will be governed by a new secular charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49917/18]
• 2018-11-29
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for and regulate termination of pregnancy; to make provision for reviews at the instigation of a pregnant woman, or a person on her behalf, of certain medical opinions given in respect of pregnancy; to make available without charge certain services to women for the purpose of termination of pregnancy in accordance with this Act and, for that purpose, to amend the Health Act 1970 and certain other enactments; to provide for offences in respect of the intentional ending of the life of a foetus otherwise than in accordance with this Act; to amend the Bail Act 1997; to repeal the Regulation of Information (Services outside the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995, the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 and provisions of certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 22–61
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 21–71
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent occupation of a charity's head offices by members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49081/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent occupation of a charity's (details supplied) head offices by members of a group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49244/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to engage with the ambulance personnel branch of a union (details supplied) that is asserting its fundamental employee rights to representation by their union of choice and to facilitate the payroll deduction of union subscriptions from members of a union in order to prevent an escalation in industrial action and to ultimately resolve this dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to restore the services of a paediatric consultant that previously provided clinical paediatric oversight to the services in the National Rehabilitation Hospital but is now on long-term leave; the impact this has had in terms of closure of in-patient services for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the proposed timeframe for the establishment of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the medical cannabis expert reference group has concluded its report on guidelines for the proposed medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40792/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to use a drug approval and reimbursement system for MS drugs similar to that in Germany (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39943/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, will next meet. [37536/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund the drug Spinraza; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons with spinal muscular atrophy who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of trying to cover the costs themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37091/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the paediatric unit in the National Rehabilitation Hospital has suspended its services due to a key member of staff being on extended leave (details supplied); and if the paediatrician will be replaced in the near future in order for children to avail of the service. [37218/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to fund the drug Spinraza, which has been approved here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are persons with spinal muscular atrophy who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of trying to cover the costs themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36053/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issue of women who have developed severe adverse effects following transvaginal mesh devices and vaginal mesh implant procedures (details supplied); his plans to ban mesh as occurred in England and Northern Ireland recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32867/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of HSE cost evaluation processes on making pre-exposure prophylaxis available free at the point of use; his views on HIV diagnosis rates: his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28920/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will take steps to commence the section of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 that deals with children of same-sex couples and all related matters; his views on the distress, heartache and difficulties that its non-commencement is causing for families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a new dental scheme will be agreed with an association (details supplied) which will examine prioritising prevention for medical card patients and affording them access to the same standard of care as dentists provide to private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference used for the assessment of need standard operating procedure document which has recently replaced the standards for the assessment of need document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the person or body that set out the terms of reference for the assessment of need standard operating procedure document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23818/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the location the terms of reference for the assessment of need standard operating procedure document can be found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23819/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the members of the national disability children and families team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23820/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the national disability children and families team was founded; the criteria applied; the person or body that issued the instructions in relation to establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23821/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of members on the social care management team; the criteria that were used for the selection of the members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23822/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the organisations consulted during the process to produce the assessment of need standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23823/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the parental knowledge, expertise and advice sought during the process of producing the assessment of need standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason, when the assessment of need standard operating procedure document was approved on 22 November 2017, that parents are unfamiliar with many of the changes and compliance procedures it outlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23825/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the assessment of need standard operating procedure is not readily accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23826/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the person charged with the sole responsibility of overseeing the review, update and modification of the assessment of need standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23827/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the attention of parents was not drawn at a much earlier stage to the assessment of need standard operating procedure; the reason its existence was not made public knowledge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23828/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the schedule of meetings regarding the review of the standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/18]
• 2018-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE followed its own policy and procedure for PPPGs in drawing up the assessment of need standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23865/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the change in the HSE procedure for the statutory assessment of need; if he has approved the new assessment of need standard operating procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23634/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to authorise eye care for children aged 12 to 16 years of age who have medical cards in mid-western areas of Dublin and other areas throughout the country; his further plans to reinstate the sixth class screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22450/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant delay between screening, diagnosis and treatment of persons with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, PJS, and that this is putting their lives in jeopardy; his plans to eliminate the delay between diagnosing pre-cancerous polyps in persons with PJS and the treatment of same to prevent the development of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22542/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to include persons who have been diagnosed with narcolepsy disorder as a result of the swine flu vaccine in the cases that the State Claims Agency will shortly present to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/18]
• 2018-05-10
  VOTE
  Health Service Reform

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 48–77
• 2018-04-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his Department will consider replicating the FDA black box warning regarding cautionary use by persons under 18 years of age on antidepressants such as Prozac in the USA on the packaging of similar drugs here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17660/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when parent representatives will be included in the primary care steering group in view of a motion agreed by Seanad Éireann; his views on whether parents of sick children should be represented on the steering group in view of the fact that the policies being discussed and decided will directly affect their children and that they have a unique insight and experience being full-time carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to use a drug approval and reimbursement system for MS drugs similar to that in Germany (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16408/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress that delaying Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 has had on families in view of assurances that they would be commenced in the last quarter of 2017; if Parts 2 and 3 will be commenced as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8828/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the rights a person has when a general practitioner patient dispute occurs; if there are procedures in place to resolve these disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16833/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a general practitioner can unilaterally decide to remove medical card patients who they deem difficult without a patient's ability to challenge this decision or have access to a process that will adjudicate the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the process of general practitioner removal of medical card patients from his or her list will be examined; if there are policies, structures and patient representation in place in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16835/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there are statistics available regarding the number of medical card and private patients removed from general practitioner lists and the reasons for removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that general practitioner patients have full rights and protection in patient-general practitioner disputes including a right to challenge a general practitioner decision and to protect their good name, especially in relation to sourcing another general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/18]
• 2018-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the abolition of the loco parentis clause in paediatric homecare packages will be reconsidered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16922/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the result of the assessment of the PKU treatment drug Kuvan will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13807/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the issue of families in emergency accommodation that are limited in their food options due to inadequate storage facilities in addition to the lack of access to cooking facilities; if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact on families' daily food habits and dietary quality which can contribute to health problems for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9022/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the amount of State funding provided to a charity (details supplied) since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9500/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the difficulties in relation to importing a product (details supplied) which has been prescribed for a person under special licence and for which the parent needs to travel regularly to the Netherlands to collect; the HSE's plans to reimburse the medication costs through the long-term illness or alternative scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9928/18]
• 2018-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if Sativex is available or being prescribed by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8889/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the guidelines on the proposed cannabis access programme; when he envisages the programme being fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/18]
• 2018-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the HSE on the drug, Kuvan, for those who are living with Phenylketonuria or PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6094/18]
• 2018-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the recent HSE decision to reimburse the FreeStyle Libre system for children and young adults to adults who have type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to reimbursing the €80 charge that persons with haemochromatosis must pay if they do not hold a medical card for venesection procedures; if the petition from persons who are anxious for the charge to be removed will be responded to; if further consideration will be given to adding haemochromatosis to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a decision has been made in relation to the libre continuous glucose monitoring system being made widely available to persons with type 1 diabetes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52637/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to facilitate a person's (details supplied) need to travel to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50100/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that returning nurses who have trained elsewhere must complete an adaption course to become fully registered to work here but that the number of hospitals offering the course has reduced leading to some nurses having to pay approximately €2,800 to do it privately; the way in which this impacts on their job choices to work in the private sector to try to recoup this expense; the implications for staffing of public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48175/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the likely timescale of the conclusion of HSE negotiations with the manufacturer of the drug Kuvan; his views on the urgency of it being made available for persons with PKU here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48174/17]
• 2017-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system available to persons with type 1 diabetes in view of the fact it is now available to UK NHS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41617/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which the drug Vimizim, a treatment for those that suffer from the rare disease Morquio, has been refused funding by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40922/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated yearly cost of providing free sanitary products (details supplied) to women with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36989/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to provide individualised budgets to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the amount it would cost to reinstate all the downgraded and closed accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36398/17]
• 2017-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the planned automation of Greystones DART station; the impact on staff and passengers, including those with disabilities and tourists that often look to staff for help and information; the health and safety implications; his plans to lease Greystones station for commercial use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33198/17]
• 2017-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to invest in third level mental health counselling; his further plans to ring-fence €3 million for student counselling and supports per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31574/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [30165/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease here needs to be improved substantially to improve the lives of the many sufferers here; his further views on the fact that in other jurisdictions there are much more advanced and reliable blood tests which should be introduced here in place of the current unreliable ELISA test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27733/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the motion recently adopted by an organisation (details supplied) calling for the prescription of cannabis for medicinal use not to be restricted to consultants only but to allow general practitioners to do so also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27734/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his Department signed a contract with the manufacturers of Orkambi; when the drug will be made available to persons with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25284/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can begin implementing the international consensus criteria for myalgic encephalomyelitis in order that ME patients can get a clear diagnosis as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25915/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to develop a clear pathway of care for ME patients with prompt access to specialists and treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25916/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, specialist can be retained to oversee patient care in view of the fact that ME is a multi-system central nervous system disorder similar to MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25917/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will recommend the improvement of education, knowledge and experience in medical training institutions of myalgic encephalomyelitis which is recognised by the World Health Organization as a neurological disease classification G93.3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25919/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the data on trends in the prescription of stimulant drugs to children for the past 20 years; if the collected data indicate an overall rise in problems associated with prescribed stimulants in terms of stunting of growth, cardiovascular anomalies and diversion for recreational or other unauthorised use; the steps he will take to address a rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding stimulant medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22891/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Products Regulatory Authority supports on its website an information leaflet on the medicine fluoxetine (details supplied); if this explanation of thoughts of self-harm or suicide when starting an antidepressant as being due to a delay in onset of action is an evidence based one; if it is contradicted by placebo controlled randomised clinical trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22948/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Products Regulatory Authority supports on its website an information leaflet on the medicine fluoxetine which includes with regard to the way fluoxetine works the statement that (details supplied); if this is evidence based information supported by expert mental health professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22949/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the delays parents of autistic children are experiencing in accessing child and adult mental health services over the past 12 months; the reason children are being refused services at key developmental ages and experiencing delays that will impact on their future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20736/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which he intends to comply with the Disability Act 2005, which lays out clear timelines for the assessment of need, in view of the fact that there is currently a backlog of 4,600 children; and when he expects this backlog to be cleared. [20735/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the data collected on trends in the prescribing of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if the collected data indicates an overall rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially with opioids, stimulants, anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs in terms of tolerance, withdrawal and dependency; the measures being taken to address any rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding prescription medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19402/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially opioid painkillers, in terms of drug dependency and overdose, including fatal overdose; the measures being taken to address the rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding prescription medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially stimulants, anti-depressants and anti-psychotic drugs, in terms of tolerance and withdrawal and the lack of support from systematic reviews of their use in children; the measures being taken to address the rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding prescription medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the care pathway and level of unmet need in primary and secondary care health services for children who could be diagnosed with ADHD, whose estimated number in the child population is reported as several multiples of the capacity of secondary care CAMHS services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the quoted CAMHS standard operating procedure. SOP, in terms of the proportion of CAMHS staff, including consultant child psychiatrists, that have signed agreement to the SOP as is required before implementation as per HSE policy and in terms of other issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/17]
• 2017-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the present restrictions on visa applications from Libya especially in the cases of medical personnel that could make a valuable contribution to the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15661/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his Department has been in touch with or has received any reports from the HSE with regard to the ongoing issue of children with mental health difficulties being treated in adult mental health facilities. [7042/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the changes since the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, confirmed to Dáil Éireann on 15 November 2016 that compassionate access to cannabis-based medicine should be prescribed by an Irish-registered doctor and recent comments by himself and the Taoiseach on 28 February 2017 and 1 March 2017 that this medicine now needs to be prescribed by a consultant neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12070/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the advice he has received from the Chief Medical Officer, as referred to in Dáil Éireann on 28 February 2017, with regard to compassionate access to cannabis-based medicine; if he will publish this advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12071/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the implementation group established by the HSE will make its recommendations on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the assistance he has provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8192/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to support the use of the combination of the drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir for pre-exposure prophylaxis as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy in respect of HIV infection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that every woman and baby has the right to high-quality care (details supplied); if he will further ensure that the governance of women’s health services is robust, independent and secure and not targeted for cuts by having a ring-fenced budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8649/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the plan to fund the establishment of a national service for narcolepsy in St. James's Hospital; if he will expedite this plan to avoid further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6993/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the acute hospital bed numbers in the health service, broken down by inpatient and day patient beds, area and employer over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7068/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the health service, broken down by area and employing agency, both public and private, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7069/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times for emergency call outs, by area, for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist posts here which are filled by doctors on the Medical Council specialist register for child and adolescent psychiatry; the number filled by doctors not on the register and which are vacant, by community healthcare organisation, CHO, area and year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6447/17]
• 2017-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the record number of acutely ill persons waiting on trolleys in emergency departments in January 2017 and the threat of strike action by nurses due to unsafe staffing levels, he will allocate emergency funding of €1.2 billion to urgently address the deficits in hospital beds, medical staffing and primary care services in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4857/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the HPRA report on the regulation of cannabis for medicinal use will be made available to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4658/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene on behalf of very young children awaiting assessment under the Disability Act 2005 such as a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite the HSE local CHOs in areas such as Dublin mid west and Dublin south west admitting that delays and deficiencies are due to lack of resources, waiting lists are not reducing but are in fact growing, particularly for therapy services such as OT, SLT and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41384/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the implied previous work on developing a clinical programme that has taken place for children when the HSE states in its service plan for 2017 that it will continue to develop the clinical programme for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the change that was recorded in trolley numbers at St. Vincent's hospital before and since the downgrading of the accident and emergency department at St. Columcille's Hospital in Loughlinstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the result of the health technology assessment by the NCPE of the human alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor drug Respreeza is processed in a timely way, so that it can be promptly reimbursed by the HSE as it is reimbursed in other countries (details supplied); if he will ensure that those persons currently on the drug with beneficial results are guaranteed continued reimbursed use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41569/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that flash glucose monitoring systems are available on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1566/17]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the assurances he can provide that community employment schemes in the health and social care service will not be used to replace permanent positions in the service nor to exploit jobseekers along the lines of previous discredited schemes such as JobBridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39448/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the preparations he is making across his Department to ensure rights will be vindicated for the persons with disabilities in the care of the health service and under his area of responsibility in view of the imminence of the Government's commitment to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the urgent respite that can be offered to such carers and the long-term remedy he is considering in view of the reply to parents of disabled adults that there is a ten-year waiting list for residential care and that the HSE is unable to provide them with an average waiting time, or indicate when a bed may be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his views on the monitoring of trends in the prescription of psychoactive psychotropic drugs here, especially to children, over the past 20 years; if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the rise in problems associated with prescribed medications, especially opioid painkillers and benzodiazepine sedatives in terms of drug dependency and overdose, including fatal overdose; the measures being taken to address the rise in prescription rates and associated problems regarding prescription medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37968/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number and cost of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 that were contracted out to therapists in private practice and or carried out by agency staff between 2011 and 2015; the reason HSE employed staff are not being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite special education assessments, in the view of the National Disability Authority and the Disability Act 2005, due to the failure to commence sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the action he is taking in his dealings with the Department of Education and Skills and others to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that, according to the HSE, in cases of completed applications received for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, between 2011 and 2015, less than two thirds of assessment reports were completed and of those completed, less than two thirds had service statements completed despite the clear requirements of the Act to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/16]
• 2016-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person with multiple sclerosis and diabetes can hold a long-term illness card for life but a person with a long-term mental health diagnosis such as schizophrenia is ineligible for the same card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37771/16]
• 2016-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which Ireland is ranked in relation to OECD countries in relation to overall spending in health both public and private and Ireland's ranking for the public funding of health spending in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37772/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that prescribed low protein foods are required to prevent neurological damage and to supplement the diet of adults and children with phenylketonuria, PKU; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that no new low protein products have been added to the long-term illness card list in more than six years; if he will ensure a full and appropriate updated list of foods prescribed for PKU is added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36618/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been treated in the past 12 months for whom data are available, using NTPF funding, by a consultant doctor who also had persons on his or her waiting list who had been treated in the same period by a different consultant doctor using NTPF funding; the number of persons who were treated using NTPF funding by a consultant doctor working solely in private practice; the number who were treated in total; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35800/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will recommend a public consultation on the issue of fluoridation of public water (details supplied) and consider a plebiscite to ensure a public mandate to continue the policy of fluoridation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35614/16]
• 2016-11-17
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services Funding

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–88
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will support the west Clare community request that all the recently cut Shannondoc primary care medical services be restored to Kilrush, Ennistymon and Killaloe and that the 24-hour emergency department in Ennis General Hospital will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34481/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the arrangements he has made to enable compassionate access to cannabis based medicines for a person (details supplied) and other persons with medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35010/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Defence

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider launching a full investigation into possible negative health effects of drugs used on members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33817/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the failure of senior officers of the HSE to respond to written communications from Members of Dáil Éireann requesting meetings to address the crises in speech and language, occupational therapy and clinical psychology services for children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32686/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, that are on a waiting list for treatment from a consultant who also works privately carrying out that treatment for the NTPF (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of the refugee camp at Calais; if he has made inquiries regarding the health and safety of the more than 10,000 adults and children living there; if he will advocate for the safety of the residents by strongly protesting at any attempts by the French authorities to forcibly move residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the level of compliance with the Disability Act regarding assessments of need commencing within three months and being completed within three months and assessment reports with service statements being issued; the level of complaints received regarding the process and the timeframe to achieve an outcome with these complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31973/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated saving to the health budget and to the out-of-pocket expenses of the public, were drug prices here equivalent to each of the five EU countries with the lowest drug prices, in addition to Portugal and Denmark if they are not included in the lowest five; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32003/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a memo has been sent to doctors in St. James's Hospital that the hospital can no longer see patients from other counties for some endoscopy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32004/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, who are on a waiting list for treatment from a consultant who also works privately carrying out that treatment for the NTPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30689/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way, in the absence of additional funding for mental health in the budget, A Vision for Change can be implemented when secondary mental health services, adult mental health services and child and adolescent mental health services have only three quarters of the recommended staff in adult services and less than half in children's services, while primary care mental health services are grossly under resourced and even non-existent in many areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30693/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the efforts he is making to secure cost-effective prescribing, pricing and payment systems; the reason the cost of drugs here is greater than in comparable countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30692/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that is spent on primary care, in particular general practitioners' primary care centres, and allied professionals working in primary care such as occupational therapists and dieticians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30690/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the therapeutic services for children, such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, clinical psychology, physiotherapy and dietetics that are available in community health organisations; the way in which parents in local areas can access these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30691/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will remedy the 20% car insurance hike faced by volunteer cardiac first responders who work as part of the HSE national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30574/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will make the funding available to St. John of God Kerry services in order that they can build the required additional houses on the existing site in Beaufort, County Kerry, according to HIQA requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29241/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will officially recognise St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort, County Kerry, as a community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when residents are moved out of a place such as St. Mary of the Angels, the body or person which has ownership of the site and houses left behind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29243/16]
• 2016-10-06
  VOTE
  Mental Health Services · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion the motion motion passed · 59–37
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 61–37
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the national lack of paediatric pathology services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28127/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to remedy the lack of paediatric orthopaedic consultants; when Tallaght Hospital will have its cancelled fracture clinic reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28199/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason parents of children with fractures who attend Tallaght Hospital accident and emergency department need to go through another accident and emergency department such as Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, to obtain aftercare for their children; his views on whether this is a waste of resources and an unnecessary stress for sick children and their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28200/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will fund home care packages on a demand-led basis to reduce the unnecessary suffering and financial costs of delayed discharges from hospital and residential care; if he will quantify these financial costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that women travelling for an abortion are facilitated in having all relevant medical information sent by their doctor here to the doctors in the medical centre abroad where they are to have their abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26913/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland imports more doctors and has more medical graduates than any other EU state but still has one of the lowest numbers of practising doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the allegations of institutional abuse and neglect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of funding on a demand-led basis for home care packages is obstructing the HSE's capacity in facilitating timely hospital discharges, leading to unnecessary suffering in the community as well as increased hospital costs; the net cost of budgetary restrictions in home care packages and delayed discharges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work with the Department of Health​ to establish a comprehensive review of prison health, with urgency, and to endorse the recommendation of the UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture that prison healthcare services be brought under the responsibility of the Department of Health and operated by the HSE. [21722/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will​ work with the Minister for Health on establishing a review of prison health towards addressing the serious deficiencies which exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21724/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to bring prison healthcare services under the responsibility of his Department and operated by the HSE; if he will expedite these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21721/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the recruitment of a full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin 4; if he will renew the contract of the locum consultant medical oncologist who has a special interest in sarcoma until the post is filled on a permanent basis; if he will agree to meet the Sarcoma Action Group of concerned cancer patients and their families who are seeking an urgent meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20616/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in primary care psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20942/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the increases in staffing that have been achieved to deal with the crisis in home help and carer respite services; the number of persons in hospital with their discharge delayed waiting to access these services; the number of carers that have been unable to continue as carers due to the lack of respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20944/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to progress the development and staff levels and contracts of general practitioners, including the provision of care free at the point of use to children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20943/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the progress being made on implementing the recommendations of the national carers strategy; when he will publish and fund phase 2 of the strategy between 2016 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18803/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop inpatient rehabilitation services at both national and regional level, to ensure timely access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams, CNT, in each of the nine community health organisations; if he will invest in long-term rehabilitation specific services in the community and provide lifelong support in appropriate settings for persons with neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19302/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the public health advice he has issued regarding the 2016 Olympics in Brazil and the Zika virus; how he has publicised this advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15309/16]
• 2016-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment to expedite the recruitment of a full-time consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma in St. Vincent's Hospital; if he will renew the contract of the locum consultant medical oncologist who has a special interest in sarcoma until the post is filled on a permanent basis; if he will agree to meet the sarcoma action group of concerned cancer patients and their families who are seeking an urgent meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18839/16]
• 2016-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health to clarify the availability of the anti-epilepsy drug Epidiolex here; the arrangements for facilitating access by children with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; and if he will intervene to improve access. [17166/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene to restore funding for home care packages given that some areas, such as the Beaumont Hospital local catchment area in Dublin 9, have now run out of funding and are unable to discharge patients due to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission's Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiating position is to abandon the precautionary principle, whereby chemicals and pesticides used in the food system must be proven to be safe for animal and human health prior to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14497/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health how the transport needs of patients from Wicklow have been considered in the opening of the Wicklow primary care health centre to facilitate access to the health services there, particularly for elderly and disabled persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14361/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) receiving €144 per week jobseeker's allowance has been turned down for a medical card because he or she does not reach the €164 which would entitle him or her to one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14649/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health how a person whose income is less than €164 and who is financially independent of his or her parents can apply for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14795/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the impending retirement of a consultant who specialises in a number of rare eye disorders in children is causing an extreme amount of concern and stress among the families affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13748/16]
• 2016-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to refund the €100 statutory charge to patients who register at emergency departments in the hope of being treated but leave before being discharged because of onerous waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13749/16]
• 2016-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health to include the chronic long-term illnesses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme established under the 1970 Health Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14009/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has decided to end routine eye screening of fifth and six class primary schoolchildren under the primary schoolchildren optical scheme without offering an alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10537/16]
• 2016-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with an autism spectrum disorder in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children who are on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7963/16]
• 2016-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with developmental disorders other than autism spectrum disorders in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children who are on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7964/16]
• 2016-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with a mental health difficulty in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7965/16]
• 2016-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists available to children with an intellectual disability in the Dublin Mid-West constituency; the number of children on the waiting list to see them and the current waiting period. [7966/16]