Results 1,001-1,020 of 7,637 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I said nothing to denigrate anyone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: People talk in different ways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: He was addressing me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Out of courtesy to the witnesses, when something is personalised-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I thank Dr. Jeanne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I did not attack anyone’s style or the like.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Not at all. I would also like to welcome the guests and to wish everybody here the best for the forthcoming term. I was struck by an observation by Professor Orla Feely, during her inaugural lecture as president of University College Dublin, UCD, on Monday evening. She pointed out that the ratio of students to staff in Irish universities is, as she put it: "much, much worse" than it was...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Knock yourself out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I know this is a difficult topic but if Professor Boer could give me an answer to my questions in two or three sentences given the limited time, I would be grateful. The first thing that struck me was that looking at the number of deaths taking place in the Netherlands, which is 5.2%, if you were to compare that with the Irish population and if we had the Dutch system, that might put us at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: That is fine, I thank Professor Boer. He also mentioned incidences where euthanasia is carried out under the auspices of the GP, but he also mentioned that there are private companies involved. When that happens, because there is no doctor-patient relationship, who is taking the initiative there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: What type of pressure is driving this increase of figures? Are we talking about pressure on doctors from society? There has been some discussion here of pressure on patients because of an absence of positive reassurance by relatives about them not being a burden. Are these issues presenting as reasons or are they driving the figures or the increases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: It has been suggested that by legalising some kind of euthanasia or assisted suicide regime, it will drive down the number of suicides that would otherwise take place. Has the existence of assisted suicide or euthanasia in Netherlands impacted on the number of suicides in Holland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Have I time for another question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Returning to the question of minors, there has been some discussion of euthanasia of minors, people under 18 years, in Belgium and Holland. What is the story in the Netherlands?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Mr. Luley's citation of the European Court of Human Rights is problematic for the reason I have just said. The other thing is that he suggests that nonconsensual ending of life is what goes for the definition of killing but actually that goes for the definition of murder and manslaughter. I would have to put it to him that to some degree, by rejecting the use of the term "killing" even when...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Can I just ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I have a couple of important, quick questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I am happy to wait until afterwards but, in fairness, there are questions to be asked and our speakers are available to us. I am happy to wait until the end but I ask that the discussion not be closed down while we have an opportunity-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: I thank our guests again. If I may, I will address a couple of quick questions to Mr. Luley. I need to start by correcting one point. He refers in his submission to the European Court of Human Rights and he makes the suggestion that there is a human rights obligation on states to legislate for euthanasia or assisted suicide in some form. I think he needs to accept that of all issues it is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying in Europe: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)
Rónán Mullen: Certainly the paragraph where he cites the European Court of Human Rights-----