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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is going up €30 million every year. Does the Department have any figures prior to 2020?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Is there a reason this is happening? There is probably not one reason but are there any circumstances or one particular area? Is there a reason this is increasing year on year?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: It is imperative these things do not happen in the first place but things do happen in these settings. There is no getting away from that. It is concerning that this has been increasing over recent years. Some of the settlements run into the tens of millions because of pretty profound situations. I thank the witnesses.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: My thoughts, solidarity and support are with the families of the children who were terribly blighted and injured on Thursday. Those brave people who intervened, the ordinary decent Dubliners, whether from Dublin or from around the world, are the heroes, as are the emergency responders. There is an element who for a long time have been fomenting hatred and poison and who hijacked the events...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: If, as I hope, voluntary assisted dying is legislated for, the first port of call for those who would raise the issue are GPs. We have seen that the issue has been raised with GPs in different countries where voluntary assisted dying has been legislated for. GPs are on the front line, as such, in more ways than one. GPs probably know their patients more than anybody else in a medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: The confliction is that at the moment the voluntary system is not legal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: In previous legislation around the termination of pregnancy we have seen that this can actually be done. Legislation can be put in place around conscientious objections and so on where GPs or other medical professionals do not want to partake. That can be done and there is precedence in this country. I will come back in during the next part with a few more questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: My first questions are for the Irish College of General Practitioners. Do the representatives accept there are circumstances where modern medicine cannot ameliorate somebody's end-of-life circumstances? A small proportion of people will die very difficult deaths. In those circumstances, they should have a choice and a right to have a say in how they will die, although, obviously, that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Obviously, that can be very difficult at the end of a person’s life. Professor Chochinov sounds like a very interesting man. Is he, in principle, against assisted dying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: In Canada, it was flagged that the legislation was not robust from the beginning. If the legislation is not very strong and robust it can be challenged on every front. This is what has happened in Canada. It is up to us, as legislators, when we legislate for assisted dying that the legislation is as robust as possible to safeguard everybody, not only the person who will want to avail of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: That is subjective, obviously. We have discussed the subjectivity of those in this situation. I understand where Professor Chochinov is coming from. Does he still in principle not support somebody availing of assisted dying even the most restrictive circumstances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Extremely briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I welcome all the witnesses. This is a very interesting discussion. We obviously have a number of witnesses with neutral positions, which is a good thing. Has there been a change in the previous position of the INMO and the Irish College of General Practitioners on assisted dying? Has it always taken a neutral stance or has its position changed over time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Safeguarding Medical Professionals: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am sure in Dr. Quinlan's professional career patients have brought this issue up. It is a difficult conversation to have with somebody. The person is in a situation where they do not want to go through a period of their life and they want to forgo that. I understand this and I believe the majority of people would understand it. We are here to tease all of this out and hopefully make a...

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

Gino Kenny: Apologies have been received from Deputy David Cullinane. Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in a committee meeting where their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances with regard to participation online from outside the parliamentary precincts, and members should be mindful of this...

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

Gino Kenny: I thank our guests for giving their submissions on this issue. It is very valuable. As a country, we have been speaking about this issue for over a decade. I think Ireland is in the position New Zealand was in two years prior to the referendum. An opinion poll was done in Ireland last week and 75% of the population agreed that we need to change our legislation around assisted dying. That...

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

Gino Kenny: Mr. Seymour has been at this issue for a considerable amount of time. It has taken a referendum and legislation. There are those who are opposed to assisted dying and we have the same voices here. I disagree with their opposition to it but I respect their opposition. Some of the issues they raise in a very concerned way are with regard to safeguards whereby people would not be coerced...

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

Gino Kenny: That sounds extremely robust and that is good. Obviously people need assurance on this. There will be a second round of questions and I will come back in.

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

Gino Kenny: I have a number of questions for Dr. Good regarding the period after the referendum and legislation and so forth. Did extra funding for palliative care happen in New Zealand? My second question is on those who have availed of assisted dying. I do not know what the numbers are. Dr. Good might say what they were for the first couple of years. What environmental settings were those people...

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

Gino Kenny: Will Dr. Good answer on funding around palliative care?