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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Did Dr. Campbell say earlier that data should not be incorporated in the arguments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Excluding data, should assisted suicide be extended to children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Can Dr. Campbell give an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Professor O'Neill noted that the decriminalisation of assisted suicide "was certainly never seen to be an expression of a societal desire to extend access to suicide as a human right, or to position suicide as an act that equality legislation might facilitate". Does Dr. Campbell have any concerns about the potential normalisation of the act of suicide and bridging the gap in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I have read a part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: He makes the argument that it could normalise suicide as it is defined presently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I have heard that too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Dr. Campbell has mentioned that she wants a properly regulated system with genuine oversight and robust safeguards that outweigh the risk of harm to vulnerable persons. Can she give an example of a regime which does that? Does any regime that she has studied do it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: A concern of our next witness, who is from Disability Action Northern Ireland, is that the stringent controls that would need to be put in place for the legalisation of assisted suicide would ultimately force the individual to forego his or her choice. By importing a very specific focus on that particular aspect of the ethical framework, we could deny vulnerable people the right to exercise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: My final question centres on the contribution by Dr. Regina McQuillan last week. She spoke about diluting the resource allocation for palliative care. If one imports the right to assisted suicide into our health care framework, then one potentially dilutes or undermines attempts to achieve the best health care system for everybody. Would Dr. Campbell accept that importing the right to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Is Dr. Campbell saying it is cheaper?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank Ms Hall for her presentation. I agree with pretty much everything in it. Does she want to respond to some of the debate she witnessed earlier? Were any of her concerns resolved in the responses given about regimes elsewhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank Ms Hall.

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the report by his Department's working group on reducing the cost of motor insurance; the number of recommendations that have not been implemented to date; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50834/17]

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I welcomed the publication of the report in 2016. It contained a number of ambitious recommendations and targets, as well as an action plan. My question relates to the 11.6% increase in 2014, the 30.8% increase in 2015 and an increase of up to 28% in 2016. We know that we have reached the peak, but many people, including taxi drivers, have seen their premiums rocket. I recognise, however,...

Other Questions: Motor Insurance Regulation (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I echo the concerns expressed by Deputy John Curran. Taxi drivers are being driven out of self-employment. Young drivers cannot obtain insurance policies or have to be included in secondary or other policies. As a result they have to sell additional cars. There is a contradictory policy within the State whereby we are trying to incentivise people to improve their cars via the obtaining of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I have a question for the Minister for Health, which also relates to the Minister for Justice and Equality. The gambling control Bill is on the draft legislative framework. A report commissioned by Dr. Crystal Fulton proposed a national gambling strategy, under the remit of the Department of Health, with regard to addiction. We have one of the highest rates of addiction and gambling per...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve infrastructure for cyclists using the route from Ashtown, Dublin 15 into the city centre in which widening work and appropriate separation of walking and cycling tracks is required; his further plans to install lighting along this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (30 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which cycling infrastructure will be improved from the new Luas stop at Broombridge to the city centre; the way in which the use of canal, coastal and river routes will be used to tackle congestion on roads in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51308/17]