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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has consulted his EU counterparts on illegal settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (30 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 236. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Afghan ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ and Ireland’s response to the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50201/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the representatives for coming before the committee today to contribute to this ongoing debate. I think some of the language Professor O'Neill used in his statement is very regrettable. It is very regrettable. I refer to the words "killing" and "eugenics". This is going down a road I do not think we should go down. I cannot stop people who come before the committee, or those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: No, sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: No, sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: We are talking about assisted dying. We are not talking about the death penalty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: We are not talking about the death penalty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is regrettable that the professor is using that kind of language. A palliative care specialist from Australia was before the committee last week. He said that those who avail of assisted dying in his state in Australia find it extremely offensive when the issues of assisted dying and suicide are conflated. They find it extremely offensive. I will leave that issue there. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: We all recognise the deficiencies in some areas of palliative care and general case. We should never have circumstances where someone wants to avail of assisted dying because of not being able to get that care. That can never happen. However, even in a society where all those provisions can be put in place, it is a fundamental right that people who are coming to the end of their lives have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: She brought a bit of quality to the theatre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does Professor O'Neill accept that in the context of their end-of-life care, there are some people who have difficult deaths? We had representatives from the Irish College of General Practitioners in last week who said 5% to 6% of those who die in the State will have quite difficult deaths. Does Professor O'Neill accept that in the context of the circumstances to which I refer? We are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does Professor O'Neill accept that there is suffering in certain circumstances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: It can be extreme suffering, and modern medicine cannot ameliorate it. That exists. I am sure the professor has seen it in his profession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I understand that, and I agree. However, there are circumstances where people have extremely difficult endings. In those situations, I believe, and I hope the majority of people in Ireland believe, that in very limited circumstances somebody should have a say in how they die. I think that is a fundamental right, and I think Professor O'Neill would agree with that. Let us say that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is a very fallacious argument to say that if one introduced A, then B, C, D and E will follow. There is no evidence for that whatsoever. One can look at Oregon, which is a very good example. It had assisted dying for the past 28 years and the parameters have not changed whatsoever. Other countries have slightly broadened their parameters but it is a red herring to say that if we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Professor O'Neill has not been in here. Certain people----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I would dispute that assertion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Religious, Faith-Based and other Philosophical Perspectives on Assisted Dying: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. In 2022, there was a census done in Ireland. I will read out the breakdown of those who identified as a religion. Some 68% identified as Roman Catholic, 1.8% identified as Muslim and 14% identified as non-religious. Altogether there were 73% who identified themselves as of the Christian faith. Obviously that has changed over a number of decades....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Religious, Faith-Based and other Philosophical Perspectives on Assisted Dying: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is not contentious. Conflating the issue of suicide and assisted dying is very regrettable. People keep doing it and it is just not helpful at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Religious, Faith-Based and other Philosophical Perspectives on Assisted Dying: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Not everybody is going to choose assisted dying.