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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I am asking Mr. Copson if he is referring to mental and physical illness.

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: There is not much I can add to what has been said today other than to first of all share the outrage and horror of all right-thinking people at the latest outbreak of terror in Gaza and its consequences for the most vulnerable people. Nobody can be in any doubt that the Palestinian people in Gaza are in the grip of a terrorist group, Hamas, whose mutilation, murder and hostage-taking is...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I am always cautious-----

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: -----and I am not in any way holding him to account.

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I want to conclude on a practical point. It may seem like a very small effort, but one of the things that has been very good about our response to the refugee crisis in recent years has been community sponsorship, which has enabled communities to operate together to bring Afghan refugees, for example, the families of judges and women judges, to safety with their families in our country. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Relying on a study from activist groups such as the IFPA or START and using that without in any way prefacing it suggests to me there is not always a consistent concern with appropriate methodologies. However, I am grateful for the opportunity to ask some questions. To be honest, there is a lot that has been said here today and in the report such that you would need an hour. It is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Obviously, in this forum there is not time, but it would be helpful if there was a greater willingness to explain the rationale and the logic of that. One thing that surprises me that nobody seems willing to acknowledge when asked this rhetorical question about whether there is any other jurisdiction or area of medicine where there is a required waiting period is that there is an obvious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: If I may, it strikes me that you are only really-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: That was a very ideological response. I think I have to put that on the record and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: -----we need something much more objective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Gabhaim míle maith ag an gCathaoirleach agus cuirim fáilte roimh na h-aíonna uilig. I apologise in advance that I will have to leave fairly early after my questioning because we are launching the Oireachtas essay competition for senior cycle schools today. If the witnesses know anyone who might want to enter that, we would be delighted to hear from them. Beidh idir...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Understood, but Dr. O'Shea is talking about fewer than 1% of the registered practitioners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Of those 100 members, how many are full-time palliative care professionals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Have any palliative care professionals signed up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Would Dr. O'Shea accept the great majority - to the point we have hardly heard from any opposing voice - of those palliative care professionals, be they doctors or other healthcare professionals, are concerned about any change in that law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. O'Shea recommends there should be a prognosis of less than six months to live. It is also proposed that the determination of that prognosis would be a matter for two GPs and there would not be a requirement for specialist advice. In the context of capacity to consent and a determination of there being less than six months to live, is this not something complex and, in effect, incapable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: However, Dr. O'Shea is not saying it would be required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: This is a life-and-death issue. The proposed safeguards, in essence, are a five-day waiting period and, in fairness, a stated wish to exclude people with mental health conditions. I note that Dr. O'Shea's organisation is named after the Canadian model of medical assistance in dying, which is, to say the least of it, controversial in terms of how it has become a runaway train. It seems to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Understood. The question was specific.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Canada: Discussion (17 Oct 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It worries me that there can be, as Deputy Troy mentioned, such a remarkable contrast in the analysis being given. I noted Professor Downie’s reassurance that there had not been sanctions and breaches, but to then hear that there were breaches in Quebec makes me realise that you cannot read one paper without reading the other in order to get the full picture. That is a challenge to...