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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Certainly the paragraph where he cites the European Court of Human Rights-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: We will get a chance to ask the palliative care physicians whether they have oversized egos or whether they are afraid people will feel they are becoming a burden when euthanasia becomes lawful, or that they will lose hope. I like to think that the palliative care physicians from whom we may hear actually care about their patients and see at first-hand how they can best cope with their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: However, what does Mr. Luley do in those cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Does Mr. Luley want a change in the law however? I understand from him that he wants a change a change in the law to permit euthanasia. If I am wrong on that, I ask him to please correct me. What does he do in practice when he encounters people-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: So he does not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Mr. Luley has been at pains to tell us that we should not close our eyes to the possibility of legalising euthanasia as opposed to assisted suicide. I find it surprising he will not say he would like to see a similar change in the law in Switzerland to allow for euthanasia. What does he do when people request euthanasia? Does he send them away or counsel them to go to another country where...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: And likewise for a Swiss person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I am surprised by Mr. Luley's hesitation.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Not at all. I would also like to welcome the guests and to wish everybody here the best for the forthcoming term. I was struck by an observation by Professor Orla Feely, during her inaugural lecture as president of University College Dublin, UCD, on Monday evening. She pointed out that the ratio of students to staff in Irish universities is, as she put it: "much, much worse" than it was...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Knock yourself out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome all of our guests and thank them for their contributions. What strikes me about the freshness of Dr. Yuill's contribution is that he is saying that very often the argument around euthanasia and assisted suicide is that at the root of the objection to it must be some kind of religious itch, whereas his presentation, perhaps would be quite challenging to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: If one considers the idea of "intention" in law, where one presumes to intend the natural and probable consequences of one's actions, it strikes me that from what Dr. McKeown O'Donovan is saying is that she wishes that there might be empirical evidence to show that attitudes do not change. We heard from Professor Theo Boer last week who spoke about the social pressure which seems to have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I give the example of older people being more likely not to value their lives or to feel they are a burden because the law allows them to legally have their lives ended. Is that a change of attitude Dr. McKeown O'Donovan would welcome in our society?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Where is the solidarity? If you make choice the supreme idea, how is the impact individuals' choices might have on other people's sense of worth, ability to cope with illness or sense of entitlement to State-funded healthcare considered? If all of those things are impacted negatively by somebody's individual choice, do you not have a social problem?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Is it Dr. McKeown O'Donovan's philosophical view that euthanasia or assisted suicide should be legalised only in cases of terminal illness? Is she philosophically opposed to euthanasia or assisted suicide on wider grounds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Dr. McKeown O'Donovan would not support euthanasia or assisted suicide on grounds other than those of terminal illness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, we can do better. We have all been in a situation where we were not in a position but could forward details later. I think we can do better than attacking our witnesses simply because we do not like something of what they propose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Is there not a courteous way to ask for further and better particulars at a later date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I think that is the point.