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

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 28: In page 16, line 34, to delete “sergeant” and substitute “superintendent”.

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

Rónán Mullen: No.

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

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 29: In page 17, line 2, after “data”)” to insert “following applications under section 17 and/or section 18 of this Act.”.

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

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 44: In page 21, line 19, after "the" where it firstly occurs to insert "technological specifications,". Here goes. Everyone should fasten their seatbelts. The Bill provides that the Garda and local authorities can apply to the Garda Commissioner for approval for CCTV in public places. This amendment seeks to insert a safeguard in the Bill that would make it...

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

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister. I am of a generation that did not grow up with vapes and therefore I find the whole thing a bit of a head scratcher when I am out for a run or going round the place and see people who are very young indeed with these nicotine inhaling products in their hands. There are many tragedies in this world and this is probably one of the lesser ones, but it is very...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: On my question, was any consideration given to making them prescription-only?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Did that issue come up?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is not serious if he has not been thinking about that to date.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: No. That says something.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It was not even on the table.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Rónán Mullen: People will wonder.

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

Rónán Mullen: My next question is for our guests from the National Suicide Research Foundation. I was very struck by the last key point in their opening statement regarding the lack of evidence for the effectiveness and standardisation of safeguards in the process of assisted dying, with a difficulty in identifying what safeguards would be deemed sufficient. That is almost, but perhaps not quite, saying...

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

Rónán Mullen: Is the story so far that, contrary to what was claimed, there is not evidence of a reduction? The reduction that was suggested is that those who might otherwise choose unassisted suicide, for want of a better term, would have recourse to assisted dying and, therefore, it would be a more benign experience. That does not seem to have been established.

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

Rónán Mullen: My friend, Deputy Gino Kenny, has said we should not think of this issue in the context of the suicide debate at all. I am characterising or paraphrasing what he said. Do the witnesses think this is an issue with which we must continue to wrestle?

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

Rónán Mullen: Up to today, I thought that one of the arguments or concerns was that if we legislated for assisted dying in whatever form on limited grounds, then the argument might be made on equality grounds as to why it cannot be accessed for disability reasons or, indeed, for mental health-related reasons. That is a strong problem to be considered. What I am taking away from today, and I ask the...

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

Rónán Mullen: Should doctors be involved?

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

Rónán Mullen: It is on the allegation of paternalism, when people who are settled in their mind as to what they want.

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

Rónán Mullen: I thank all the witnesses for attending the meeting. Dr. Kelleher spoke about exposing more people to vulnerability. As a lay, non-medical person, am I characterising his approach and that of the other witnesses fairly as one that holds that while it may be possible in theory to say there are people, and individuals have been mentioned, who are not suicidal and not affected by mental health...

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

Rónán Mullen: My colleague and friend, Senator Ruane, mentioned Ireland's abortion law as an example of where limits or margins are put in place. People have different views on that particular issue. People can comment as they wish but I am not asking them to comment on their attitude to Ireland's abortion law. What I do see is an increase in numbers and a lot of controversy about the position of those...