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

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Duckworth.

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

Gino Kenny: I thank everybody. It has been a very good discussion so far. Dr. Doherty's statement is a good one, but there are obviously certain parts of it I disagree with in relation to treating people she sees who have been diagnosed with serious illnesses. I understand that there is a huge amount of fear in relation to one's morality and one's own life. It is a very fundamental question that each...

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

Gino Kenny: Is that when they have been given that prognosis?

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

Gino Kenny: Dr. Doherty will understand why, because they are hard scenarios, as we all know, where somebody does take their own life because they know what they are facing. I have first-hand experience with this. Regardless of what kind of modern medicine we have, they know they face an extremely difficult number of months. No human being should have to go through that. That is why I think scenarios...

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

Gino Kenny: Could Dr. Doherty perhaps answer that question briefly if she wants?

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

Gino Kenny: How would that be the case? I am not putting Dr. Doherty on the spot by any means but how would that have a knock-on effect on somebody who has a very depressive illness and who could never avail of assisted dying? I do not see how that would have a knock-on effect on other groups that could never avail of assisted dying because of the legislative safeguards that would be put in place.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Gaza has been termed "a graveyard for children". More than 4,000 small children have been murdered by Israel, and across the world people are protesting against this savagery. We need a debate in this House to reflect the opinion on this not only in Ireland but across the world. That should reflect the untenability of the Israeli ambassador's position in Dublin. Her situation is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: He should be expelled.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: They may be dead.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is rubbish.

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Unfortunately I must leave shortly as I have another committee meeting to attend. I thank the witnesses for their statements. They are very useful. I have a number of questions. In the past 18 months to two years, 100,000 people have come to Ireland and they are very welcome. They have come from terrible and traumatic situations. What services are there in reality for those coming to...

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I do not have a question; it is more of an observation. A very important part of all our well-being is integration. People have come to Ireland who probably never even heard of it previously and they want to integrate. Irish people are very welcoming. It is important that people integrate as much as possible and are welcomed. That has happened in Ireland in general. There have been a...

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes, sorry.

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I was slightly clumsy with my words. I agree with Mr. Reilly. There is better language than that.

Committee on Mental Health: Mental Health Care for Migrants and Ethnic Minorities: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: My apologies to the committee as, unfortunately, I have to leave.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 2. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that 312 children are awaiting scoliosis surgery, that surgery targets have not been met and that ongoing failures lead to life-long health complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: My question is about the waiting time for scoliosis surgery. The Scoliosis Advocacy Network has stated that more than 310 children are waiting for surgery at this time. That is completely unacceptable. I would like to hear the Minister's thoughts on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is positive but there are families with children who have been waiting for well over four months. That is completely unacceptable. The Minister's predecessor said six years ago that no child would wait more than four months. That promise has been broken many times. The Minister will understand that it is frustrating for people who have a child waiting for surgery that could be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I understand that the review by Mr. Nayagam is ongoing and that it is looking at the broad spectrum of ways to improve services. Is one of those - I am sure the Department has looked at this - for children to travel abroad for intervention or surgery? That can be slightly complicated given the nature of this surgery. Has it been actively looked at? It is good that we have more capacity...