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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.

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 know it is not an exact science. If somebody is given limited time on this earth, generally, from my experience, palliative care gets it bang on to a certain degree.

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

Gino Kenny: It is a very reasonable 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: I am sure it is the most common question Dr. McQuillan comes across.

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 a very reasonable response.

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 is being very selective about some of the reasons people choose to avail of assisted dying. Being a burden is just one of those. There are lots of other reasons.

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

Gino Kenny: Could I ask one more 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: This might be relevant to the committee. I want to ask about the administration of morphine in palliative care. Is its use widespread?

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

Gino Kenny: Are most drugs such as morphine for general pain management?

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

Gino Kenny: Will the vast majority of people in palliative care be administered some sort of drug for pain management?

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 her also.

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Gino Kenny: I commend the authors of the report, in particular, the Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus. This is a comprehensive motion and a tapestry for a framework on the nature of rights-based care and the evolution of care. At one stage in our history, people in care were institutionalised. That model obviously does not work and the community-based system in place now is better than the system we...

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

Gino Kenny: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how much funding is being provided in 2024 for rail services to provide extra trains on busy routes. [54254/23]

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]