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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department intends to continue to purchase goods from Israel and Israeli companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/23]

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. We are all feeling a bit of shock at the recruitment embargo in the health service. Rather than going into a state of contraction in respect of recruitment and need, we should be expanding, and anybody would agree with that. The embargo is going to have a detrimental effect on our health services, and those fault lines between private and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I have a short question for the Taoiseach. Will the Government lift the recruitment embargo on front-line workers in the HSE? This is obviously having a hugely detrimental effect on our public health system. Is there a vision to lift this embargo? It is having a terrible effect on day-to-day services that we all rely on.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he and his Department intend to take to improve gender balance in leadership and decision-making in the Irish Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50749/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his vision for the transformation of the Irish Defence Forces, particularly in the area of military neutrality, following the Report on the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views that the proposed tribunal to investigate allegations made by members of a group (details supplied) has a wide and broad enough remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50751/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the findings concerning recruitment and retention in the Irish Defence Forces in a survey compiled by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can secure, as a matter of extreme urgency, the soonest possible date for the commencement of accessibility works in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51081/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: May I ask the Cathaoirleach for clarification on his point about opening statements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Okay. The third or fourth paragraph of the association's statement refers to those who are refusing medical care or treatment, or food and water. I am sure the association has seen this in certain circumstances, although it may be rare. When somebody refuses all medical treatment and all sorts of intervention, which is their prerogative, surely his or her life can have a very painful and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Would that set of circumstances, when someone says they do not want any medical intervention in this situation, be common?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Some would consider that de factoassisted dying. As in the person says, "I do not want any more treatment because of A, B and C. I want to take control and have a say in how I die." I do not see a major difference between that and legislative change around someone who is terminally ill and has only weeks or months to live, who says, "I want to end this on my terms rather than anybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Last week, the Daily Mailpublished an opinion poll on assisted dying. There have been many opinion polls on the issue over the past number of years, and the results have been very consistent by showing that three quarters of the population would support legislative change in respect of assisted dying. Are the public wrong? Are they wrong to base their views on their own experience and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I think people really do. When they are polled, they understand and comprehend what they support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I understand that perfectly. I know I probably repeat myself here every week, but I think it is a fundamental human right of a person, in certain circumstances, to say he or she does not want to go through this. As our guests have stated, if people want to refuse medical treatment, that is their prerogative. What if somebody says he or she does not want to go through days, weeks or months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Yes, and I have to be as productive as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Good morning to everybody at this committee meeting. Over recent months, the committee has been having a very important discussion on this very important topic. My questions are for the Irish Association of Palliative Care. Does the association's statement reflect everybody within the palliative care spectrum? Are there any dissenting voices with regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: I wish to ask that question to Dr. Molloy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion (21 Nov 2023)

Gino Kenny: Why?