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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: On occasion, can it be in a person's best interest to die if their condition is not going to change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Where we come to there is that consent is important, once it is in their best interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: If they both agree, if the patient is consenting that he or she wants to be given something to hasten death in the moment-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Not if the safeguards are built in. It would then hold in the previous conversation. If a person can give consent for the withholding of treatment, in that situation the doctor still knows that the person will die. He or she may still believe, "Oh God, that's not in the best interest of this person." Therefore, the two things are the same for me. The consent remains the same in both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The egalitarian state is a funny one. I do not think any of us live in egalitarian state, regardless of whether this was introduced or not. An egalitarian state would be equal with regard to race, gender and class. We would not have a class system if we had a truly egalitarian system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: That is right, we can aim for it. That would mean one could access euthanasia regardless of one's race or religion, and that would also be egalitarian in a sense, once people are given the same treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I want to put this question to Professor Donnelly. I know we have gone back and forth on it in recent weeks, and it is this whole idea of the passive and active piece. I am still getting a bit stuck on the palliative piece, and the increasing of one's morphine. Is that considered to be indirect euthanasia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No, I am not criticising that. I just struggle to see, in that there seems to be a thread of difference. With the removal of treatment we are saying that is somehow passive, but that the giving of morphine at particular rates and measurements is actually an active thing. For me, it is more just what is either palpable for us to accept as "I am just relieving pain", rather than "This person...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The right dose of morphine will put ease in your life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Would Professor Jones not say that some doctors suggest morphine and know that it will hasten end of life? I have been in those conversations, so I am very much aware of what happens in a room. We could have extended my father's life for three weeks had we brought him to hospital but we very much were assured that if we gave him this pain relief, and we just gave him the morphine, it would...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will not use all my time because I am not going to repeat points. Everything that has been said about why the Bill is necessary has already been said. I am interested in getting the Minister of State's response to some aspects of this. I am a bit confused about the logistics. We have a Minister who is not in the room, who we have just been told wants a delay of 12 months and needs time....

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Let us be realistic. It is very hard for an independent Senator to get a Bill through a load of Stages. The next time Senator Clonan gets to advance a Private Members' Bill could be six or ten months down the line and this Bill is to be stalled for 12 months. We are going into a general election. By the time the Senator gets another slot for a Private Members' Bill, it will probably be...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I begin by commending Senator Black for consistently shining a light on what is happening in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. I extend thanks on her behalf to Senator Chambers for scheduling the debate prior to the summer recess. The recent invasion of Jenin refugee camp by the Israeli military represents a significant, but...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: No, I am not finished. We only refuted-----

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: -----from that anyway. Preparation for me is why it is important.

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Committee Work Programme (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: As regards the conservation piece, it is unacceptable for the Government to interfere in parliamentary scrutiny of the statutory instruments on conservation. There is a litany of examples where Ireland is failing to transpose environmental directives. Not only are we incurring fines; we are also damaging the environment. It is upon this committee to be able to scrutinise those directives....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is okay if people do not get to come back in. Sometimes I only say things that are referenced in my reports in order to get them on the record. There were some matters in regard to PIAB. I understand that a jury would not be involved there, but it may be important to tease out a mandatory-type model and a voluntary-type model and outline how a person could indicate whether he or she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Mr. Foley is smiling at the politicians. I would like to tune into that smile and see why.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The Senator used up his three minutes speaking rather than cutting it short.