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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: That is surprising, given that this is a fairly fundamental change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, I still have a few questions that I need to put on the record, so I am asking the Cathaoirleach for liberty to put those questions. I do not mind whether I get the answers today or at some future date but it is vital that I put some questions on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I will do my best but we have a big decision to make in this country. There is a report in The Daily Telegraph that the government of New South Wales slashed palliative care funding while directing some of that money to assisted suicide. This was AUS $150 million that was supposed to pay for items like palliative care, nurses, pain management, drugs and better end-of-life services and was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Can I ask two factual questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I am grateful to the Cathaoirleach for his latitude. I am galloping through these points and I think he would agree that they are all sincerely and credibly asked. Deputy Higgins was happy that the Medical Council was confining itself to principle-based guidelines. If the statement that a doctor must not take part in the deliberate killing of a patient is not a principle, what else is? Can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I can assist-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Tairgim leasú a 3: In Part 1, page 6, to delete lines 5 to 8 and substitute the following: “Admhaíonn an Stát, go sonrach, go dtugann mná agus cúramóirí teaghlaigh, a thugann cúram sa teaghlach, taca don Stát nach bhféadfaí leas an phobail a ghnóthú dá éagmais. Déanfaidh an Stát a chur in...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. There is a significant Uyghur population in Ireland, many of whom are Irish citizens. Almost all have seen family members impacted by China's extraordinary campaign that has seen over 1 million Uyghur people imprisoned without trial and subjected to extreme levels of abuse and torture. The Chinese Communist Party has not only detained one in ten...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I will conclude by making a reference to Jimmy Lai, who I regard as a modern white martyr. If ever there was someone who deserves to get our human dignity award, if he ever gets out, it is he. This is a man who could be enjoying one of his many properties anywhere in the world but he chose to stay in Hong Kong to fight for democracy. Our Government, among many other governments, is letting...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: It would help if the media-----

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Does the Tánaiste condemn what they are doing?

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Does he condemn it? . Deputy Micheál Martin:I emphasise that this position does not detract, in any way, from our long-standing concerns on the situation in Xinjiang or our commitment to upholding human rights globally. We continue to work with our partners in the EU as to how we can best move this issue forward in respect of proper assessment from the EU on the ground, following up on...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: It is a consideration.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Derisk-----

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I thought the Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, came in to give the condemnation that the Tánaiste did not give, but there you go.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the Minister and my friend. I thank him for taking direct responsibility for dealing with a Commencement matter; he is setting a good example there. On 4 January what I would regard as a mysterious consultation appeared on the website of the Department of agriculture. I felt it was artfully hidden under seven statutory notices on dog...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for his response, and the deadline extension is very welcome. I am a dog owner. I have no vested interest because I have a loveable but cowardly collie who does not need any such collar for training. However, as to the question of whether it is a shock, scientists say that this is more like a pulse. I think the Minister is conceding the principle if he is not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: The remote control is not to call them back; rather it is to prevent them from going near sheep in the first place.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: That is a big statement.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Vets will not agree with the Minister.