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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Now we are into four-minute slots with two minutes for a question and two minutes for an answer. Deputy Troy is next, or is there somebody wanting to offer more in response to Deputy Lahart?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Extremely briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Or I will die myself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: I invite Dr. Neal to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Professor Chochinov very much. I call Deputy Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Professor Chochinov wants to come in briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: No, you are fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Professor Chochinov and Deputy Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: You are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: I must finish now. I thank the witnesses online and in the room for their excellent engagement today. It is very important. This is a very serious job of work. The only way we can do our work is by listening to the witnesses and bringing their expertise to us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: If the Senator wants to briefly refresh, she can.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: We will hear from Dr. Donnelly now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Very briefly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: We will move to another round. I must tell members about the time constraints. I am very grateful to the witnesses. There are only three minutes per person in the second round. There is time for one question and answer each, which members will direct to one witness. It is the way we have to do it go keep within the time constraints. Senator Ruane is first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Does anybody want to say anything to that in one minute?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: We have a three-minute slot, so it will be a question directed to one person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: Thank you very much, Senator Mullen. On behalf of the secretariat and committee members, I thank Mr. Seymour, Dr. Donnelly and Dr. Good for taking part in this meeting to share their experience with us and for engaging in such a frank and forthright way with members. We realise they are all very busy people and we thank them very sincerely for sharing their time and expertise with us. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)
Michael Healy-Rae: We will now move on to our next topic which is assisted dying in Australia. I welcome Dr. Philip Haig Nitschke, director and founder of Exit International Australia, Mr. Mike Gaffney, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, and Dr. Greg Mewett, palliative care physician in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. We thank them for joining us at this time in our evening and their morning, which...