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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.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (29 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 548. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full year savings achieved by the abolition of the service commitment incentive scheme for Air Corps personnel. [50903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (28 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which the minor works grant will be made available to primary schools; if this grant will be a guaranteed yearly payment in order to assist schools to adequately budget for the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (28 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised on behalf of an association (details supplied); the way in which he plans to address these concerns; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that only 12% of young persons are meeting the guideline of 60 minutes of physical activity per day; his plans to address concerns on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address issues regarding the disjointed nature of the bus lane along the N3, where at almost all junctions the bus must move out of the bus lane into traffic and then move back into the bus lane; if he will ensure buses can move more efficiently along the N3 without impediment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (28 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: 581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that large numbers of child care providers are continuing to increase fees following the introduction of the universal child care subsidy resulting in a loss of benefit to parents; the steps she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50291/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: I thank the witnesses. I know Dr. McQuillan from north Dublin and the great work she and the organisation do in palliative care medicine. I acknowledge that before I ask questions. What struck me about some of the evidence and research I am aware of is the regimes that exist elsewhere. The Netherlands has been mentioned. I was quite shocked by the rocketing rise in the number of cases...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Does Mr. Curran have an example of a model he would propose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Mr. Curran mentioned the assessment process and the rational choice. What I would give consideration to, particularly in an Irish context, is the fact that people are waiting perhaps a year for a psychiatric assessment. In that case, the focus should be on triaging people quickly and giving them the best medical care, which is evidence based, so that their psychological or psychiatric...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: What ethical principle does Mr. Curran uphold that supersedes the well-researched medical ethics to which doctors under the Medical Council subscribe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Does Mr. Curran agree with the principle of non-malfeasance, that a doctor should do no harm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: How would Mr. Curran respond to Dr. McQuillan's point on the diversion of public resources away from palliative care, which he agrees is an important initiative? Would the introduction of a regime allowing for assisted suicide and euthanasia dilute the required focus on palliative care? I ask him to respond to the points made by Dr. McQuillan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jack Chambers: Are doctors there not involved in the prescription of fatal doses of drugs?