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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: So do I.

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

Gino Kenny: I have a couple of questions for Mr. Riley and Mr. Copson. In Britain, an MSP in Scotland - I cannot think of his name - is trying to bring forward legislation. What are their views on that and where it would go? A number of cases in Britain in the last five to ten years caught my attention. I particularly remember Noel Conway's case. It was absolutely grotesque what that man had to go...

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

Gino Kenny: Sorry, I said MSP. He is a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

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

Gino Kenny: My question was not to-----

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

Gino Kenny: No, my question was to Mr. Copson.

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

Gino Kenny: I did not address it to Professor Binchy. I mean no disrespect but he can speak after.

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

Gino Kenny: Can I can ask one supplementary question which is important?

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

Gino Kenny: Maybe Mr. Riley can answer this. If there was a legal directive or legal challenge in relation to an individual and they won in a British Court, would that influence the British Government to change the legislation?

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

Gino Kenny: I always thought it was absolutely terrible that people who were looking to change the law, who were dying, had to go in front of a court. It is absolutely dreadful stuff.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (24 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the Oireachtas Disability Group recently disclosed that people unable to work due to disability have the highest consistent poverty rates of all economic groupings, at 19.7%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32469/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (25 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been much frustration about the lack of progress with the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP. The first time the access programme was mooted was in 2017 after a report by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA. In the meantime, there has been a lack of progress. Since 2016 and 2017, there has been much campaigning by families and individuals to get access. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (25 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The Minister of State can understand why people are frustrated. The programme has been up and running for two years and fewer than 50 people have got it via prescription. This review is going on forever. It was first mooted a year and a half ago. My most recent correspondence with the Health Research Board indicated that this is an ongoing review and will be finished by the end of the...

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

Gino Kenny: No. I would persuade them not to take that action, of course. In fact, it has happened many times since I have been a representative where somebody has said-----

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There has been an alarming increase in road fatalities. Compared with the figures in 2019, there are now 50% more fatalities, which is staggering because in Ireland we had a good campaign of awareness around road deaths. The figure had been going down significantly over the previous ten to 15 years, but that is not the case now. Obviously, there is a range of factors contributing to why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome everyone to today's meeting. We are at the halfway point with this joint committee. It has been very interesting thus far, regardless of what one's position is on this. As Ms Lazar said, Ireland has come a long way in the last 25 years on many issues and one of the issues it has to grapple with is assisted dying. All the indications show we are ready...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Taylor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: The committee has looked at other variations of assisted dying in different parts of the world. Is there a model that we could look at and try to replicate in an Irish context? There are variations, but is there a system that could be tolerated to a certain degree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Mr. McKenna. My final question is for Dr. Duckworth. I want to get his thoughts on what has been happening in the Isle of Man. It is a small part of the United Kingdom, as such, but it is quite significant. If part of the United Kingdom legislates for assisted dying, it could have a domino effect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Autonomy and Assessing Decision-making Capacity: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is a special committee in Westminster at the moment. Does Dr. Duckworth have any updates in regard to where that is going?