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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Legal Protections and Sanctions: Discussion (4 Jul 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their engagement in what has been a great discussion. I refer to Mr. Kelly's opening statement. It is important to talk about incrementalism because it is an important element of our consideration of provision for assisted dying. It is a fallacious argument to say that if A is introduced, B and C will follow. Where assisted dying has been introduced, including in...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: People Before Profit welcomes this legislation but it is beyond me why it has taken so long to bring it to this juncture. Why do we have to put legislation forward to compel energy companies to give money back? In the last number of years, and well beyond, the companies have been seriously profiteering from the energy crisis. People's bills have borne this out. Ordinary people are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 23. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 34. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 35. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 40. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask 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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I wish our witnesses good afternoon. I have a number of questions for Mr. Luley of Dignitas. I thank him for his ongoing work. He spoke about his background and living with dignity and dying with dignity. That is very important because those who come to Dignitas want to die but because of circumstances out their hands have come to Mr. Luley's services. I am not sure whether he can give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: Okay. Obviously, the majority of people who come to Dignitas in a year are coming from a country where voluntary assisted dying is illegal, such as Britain, other countries in Europe and even ones outside Europe. How many people avail of assisted dying in Dignitas per year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is per year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: There are people using the services of Dignitas even though assisted dying is legal in their country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I know this will be a difficult question to answer but of those 200 or 250 people per year who avail of assisted dying, what stage are they at in their conditions? I know that is extremely difficult to answer. There are situations, and there have been a number of cases in Britain, where people have gone to Switzerland because they want to be in full capacity, physically and mentally, to...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: This has been a very sorry episode, to say the least. We talk about trust and confidence in our health service, and when families have been let down fundamentally, it can leave a terrible taste in people's mouths. Families should never be in this situation. There are families with children in complicated situations who need that intervention as soon as possible, and because of the fallout...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I ask Professor Boer to keep his response to two minutes, if he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have to wind up now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: No, we have to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I will take counsel on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome everybody back to the second round in which we will have three speakers. I ask members to keep their contributions to three minutes. I also ask witnesses to try to answer members' questions within the three-minute slots. I call Senator Ruane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Gino Kenny: You go first and then we will go back to Senator Mullen.