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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I congratulate the Minister on her return and on the joy that led to her absence. I want to quote something for the Minister: "I believe my new Hate Crime and Hate Speech Bill will contribute in a very real way to allowing everybody in Ireland to live without fear, to live the most authentic version of themselves." That is something the Minister tweeted on the day she introduced this Bill in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: No, I certainly will not. The Minister said the Bill is about tackling extreme forms of hate. Her officials seek to reassure the public. It is not. The Bill is about tackling anything understood as hate, be it mild or extreme. On pages five and six of the Minister's speech she seeks to reassure us by reiterating that the Bill has been drafted to criminalise only the extreme form. The...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator will not be cancelled until she has spoken for at least a minute.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It was getting good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: An bhfuil an t-am agam?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: That is very helpful but I will come back on a point. It seems clear that Ms Gibney is saying it can be done, subject to other measures, but that IHREC is not at the point where it is recommending it. What I am hearing is that it seems less likely it will recommend against a change in the law from everything Ms Gibney has said today. Would that be fair? No, it would not. As the chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome our guests. Having read all of their presentations, I found it stimulating that there was such well-reasoned argumentation in all cases but, significantly, going in different directions. Having read them, I did not spot any language that raised my eyebrows. Though I greatly esteem my friends, Senator Seery-Kearney and Deputy Gino Kenny, the one thing I am devoted to is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I want to probe this with Dr. Hickey and throw it open to all three of our experts. What would happen if the Oireachtas were to take this as a strong green light to legislate as it sees fit for whatever category of persons? For example, last week, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission asked us not to include disability as a basis. Does this raise a point on equality in a context...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It involves a resolution of the Dáil and the Seanad, with a certain threshold to be met in each case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Not to my knowledge. There were times when I wished it could be used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The witnesses are opening their minds ever so gradually.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I should have brought my copy of Bunreacht na hÉireann in with me. Even though we are all on the public record, I am going to hazard a guess that it is half of the Seanad and one third of the Dáil asking the President to put legislation to the people, for a determination, as far as I know. We will come back to that, if necessary. On the subject of liberal and conservative, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Finally, I have question for Dr. Casey. If I understand him correctly, Dr. Casey is saying that in the Supreme Court judgment in the Fleming case, the court was not saying that the Oireachtas does not have the right to legislate, but is it Dr. Casey's view that the court did not say that we do have the right either? Looking at the High Court judgment where the court goes through its list of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Teastaíonn uaim go dtabharfaidh an Treoraí cuireadh don Aire Oideachais teacht isteach agus labhairt linn faoi theagasc na Gaeilge inár mbunscoileanna. Tagraím ach go háirithe don fhadhb atá ann leis an gcreat curaclaim nua ina ngearrtar siar ar an méid ama atá le caitheamh ar theagasc na Gaeilge, toisc...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their input. To avoid confusion, I want to clarify the language that I will use here. As a committee, we have not yet decided what we mean by assisted dying. I am going to rely on the distinction made in Canada where "medically assisted dying" comports euthanasia, but also comports what I will term "assisted suicide". This is where the person is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Does it follow from that, therefore, that Dr. Campbell does not support any restrictions by reference to terminal illness or prognosis since you cannot interpret another person's suffering? Is she saying, if you take a purely autonomous view, you just have to take that person's word for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: If Dr. Campbell is saying it is all subjective, in that no value judgment can be made about another person's suffering, is she not also saying there is no basis on which we could credibly deny anybody a request to end their life?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I submit that involves a value judgment on somebody else's suffering. As Dr. Campbell mentioned the Netherlands-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Campbell talked about the transparency in the Netherlands but there was an appalling case, which Dr. Campbell referenced but did not detail, where a woman who had requested assisted dying well in advance was sedated to prevent her from objecting and, when she struggled, it was basically forced. Is that not the reason people have to be worried that this actually changes everything? Once...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: In that case it was not at the person's request because it was well after it. It was based on the husband's statement that she decided-----