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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: He proves his own point on care, does he not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: People's contributions are again being misrepresented. Nobody has said that people are better off dead. I am not comfortable with some of the comments being made. It is misrepresentation and it is not fair. The people whose views are being misrepresented should be allowed to come back in to clarify them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I will be concise. Professor Binchy said in his response to Deputy Gino Kenny that sin is not in his lexicon. I am wondering what it is, in Professor Binchy's words, when somebody who is incurable ends his or her life. I ask that in the framework that we are discussing. I also ask him not to try to undermine that by putting forward the idea that we have a view that is not logical, as he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: If it is not a sin, what is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: If it is not a sin, what is it? Professor Binchy says it should not be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Sin is a transgression. It is a moral imposition of what we feel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What is the right of the others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have a certain amount of time and Professor Binchy keeps talking in long sentences instead of answering direct questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What is the right that Professor Binchy is talking to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Much of it has been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: The social contract, yes. Just answer the question. Is it right or wrong to end one's life, no matter what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is not right, so it is a sin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: So what is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: What is the concern for Professor Binchy if I decide to die at the end of my life?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: How does it impact Professor Binchy's life? How does my death impact his life as a white, privileged man? He will not even think of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: It is not true that it all impacts other people. It does not. It impacts the immediate people around a person and if one puts in the safeguards, then one protects the people who are most vulnerable. It is not fair to keep saying that it is logical. Professor Binchy believes it is a divine right to protect life. It is better if we can have that conversation, if Professor Binchy believes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I do not actually put videos on YouTube, if Senator Mullen wants to look. I would appreciate if he started respecting my contribution. Just because he does not like it does not mean he has to dismiss it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Professor Binchy is just repeating what he said. I am sorry. He is after doing this so many times today-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: He is just repeating what he said to Deputy Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Advance the conversation instead of trying to throw red herrings-----