Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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Apologies have been received from Deputy Alan Farrell and Senator Hoey.

Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online during a committee meeting when their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances in respect of participation online from outside the parliamentary precincts, and members should be mindful of this when contributing. This committee discusses dying, including suicide. Support information can be found on the committee's web page.

On our agenda is our engagement on the topic of assisted dying in the United States. This is part of the module on assisted dying in the international context. I welcome Professor Margaret Battin, distinguished professor in philosophy and adjunct professor of internal medicine in the University of Utah.

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