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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for an extra train on the Kildare routes via Adamstown to Dublin city centre at peak times in the morning and evening. [54255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA requested funding for an extra train on the Kildare route via Adamstown to Dublin city centre. [54256/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and for their ongoing work in their fields. In this ongoing debate about assisted dying we are trying to tease out if people in certain circumstances will be able to avail of assisted dying. Those are the parameters of the committee. Some weeks ago, the Irish College of General Practitioners appeared before the committee. I asked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have asked Dr. Doré the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Dr. Doré must have seen people in severe pain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am sure Dr. Doré has given somebody a terminal diagnosis. I am sure all the witnesses have done so. This is part of the field in which they work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I disagree. I think it would.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Does Dr. McQuillan understand why some people would want to prevent it from actually getting that far? Getting to the stage where they are sedated, they have a lot of pain and they are suffering. Can Dr. McQuillan understand why somebody would say, "I do not want to go through that; I just want to have a say in how I actually die?", which I think is a fundamental human right. Can Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I completely disagree with Dr. McQuillan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I do not think we should conflate the issue. I have said this many times. It is very disingenuous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am not saying that Dr. McQuillan is disingenuous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Others have been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Chair, can I ask Dr. Watson the same question or I can come back at the next stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: That does happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: People are in pain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is one aspect of the debate we are having. I will come back in the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: Voluntary assisted dying can be introduced in Ireland safely with very robust legislation. There are a number of variations of the model we have been looking at across the world. The model I would look at in particular exists in New Zealand and Australia. It is obviously a very contemporary one. It can be implemented in the very near future for specific circumstances which would allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I understand that. Obviously, for people at that particular time of their life this is a complicated area. However, if somebody asked a doctor how long they have left can they give some sort of assurance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am sure it is a very common question that people ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion (12 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am sure it is a very common question, probably the most common question you will come across.