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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I do not know if this is a question or just something for us to think about based on the contributions. It is something I have been thinking about for months now, namely, the idea of burden. In some cases, there might be a person who has lived a completely independent life and becomes terminally ill or develops some sort of progressive disease. It is that very transition existing that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have a couple of questions. In Dr. Nitschke’s contribution, he said that in the 1990s, he was working as a doctor in Darwin and he was one of the very few members of the medical profession who supported the introduction of the law. Considering the decades of experience Dr. Nitschke has in that space, has he seen that drastically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: There is a line in regard to the Swiss human rights approach. We have spoken about "self-administered" or "physician-administered" but we have not ever spoken about what exactly is administered and what that process is. Dr. Nitschke goes into it in a number of parts of his opening statement. He stated: ...the prescription of the pentobarbital remains the task of [the] medical [profession]....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: When we spoke with hospices, the hospices named the drugs that are administered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: We will start that aul clock again, right? Basically, my question was around how to navigate this system. Is that sentence saying that under a legal model, physicians are able to use drugs that are not licensed under the medical council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I wanted to understand how that could operate. I just wanted to understand that sentence from Dr. Nitschke’s opening statement and now I do. I have a question for Dr. Mewett. There was an interesting sentence in his opening statement and I wish to tease it out. Only a very small minority were what some people have labelled (pejoratively) as "control freaks". However, they were,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I wish to put this on the record. When we went into private session Senator Mullen asked if there was agreement by the committee that we would not mention certain drugs. When we came back into public session, we did not confirm that that was not the actual case. The transcript should be consistent in terms of the conversation to reflect the break in the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I have two questions. It was stated that some people lost capacity to make a decision while going through the application process. Obviously, I am not a doctor, but it appears like losing capacity very quickly. Even if it is three, four, five or six weeks, in what scenario would somebody have capacity in week 1 and have lost capacity by week 3?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: Dr. Mewett may have already answered this. For people who may have medication on their person, if they do not use it or there is leftover medication, is there a system in place whereby that medication is retrieved or disposed of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: However, there is no way for it to be proactive at the other end. The physician knows who has been granted a permit and a licence. In terms of data collection, is it the case that nobody goes back to check whether somebody has used it or not?

Seanad: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I am glad to support the Bill. I commend the Minister and the Government on the work they have undertaken on the Bill over the past few years. The establishment of this agency will be an essential next step in the achievement of zero-tolerance policy to DSGBV in Ireland. Many of my colleagues have spoken about the stark numbers of people in Ireland who have been victims of domestic and...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 17: In page 12, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(3) A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, shares audio or visual data gathered by a recording device shall be guilty of an offence.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 18: In page 14, line 24, to delete “or”. Part 3 makes provisions for An Garda to covertly track certain vehicles using automatic number plate recognition, ANPR. This is an intrusive surveillance measure, although I understand it is justified in certain circumstances. The Bill, as drafted, would allow gardaí of the rank of superintendent or higher...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, line 25, to delete “under section 19”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 21: In page 15, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(c) shall not be acted on until authorised by a judge of the District Court.”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 24: In page 15, line 17, after “approval” to insert “, for a collective period of not more than three months”. This amendment seeks to make explicit in the Bill that An Garda Síochána could not undertake monitoring of an individual using ANPR for a combined period of more than three months. As the Bill is drafted, a...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 15, line 40, after “paragraph (c)” to insert “, and the impact of such focussed monitoring on the privacy and fundamental rights of the individual or individuals concerned”.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages [Resumed] (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Ruane: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Initially when I first read over the submissions, a lot of my questions were for the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland but Deputy Cullinane worked out some of those threads for me so I am not going to repeat his questions other than to pick up perhaps on one sentence in the submission. The witnesses do not even need to comment but I read it...