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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It might be worry for a lot of people. When Dr. Campbell says "extremely stringent", that is language that seems characterised to reassure but I have given an example of at least one shortcoming in the legislation that I think would have a lot of people worried.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I thank Dr. Campbell for making that last point because not every one makes the point in advance of something being legalised that it is to be expected that when something is made legal, it increases. Yet, that is almost universally the case. As I understand it, it is not that it increases while, for example, a waiting list is being dealt with but that the increases we have seen in places...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It was more Dr. Campbell who was gunning for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Where attempts are made to have safeguards, or where there is what is described as a safeguard in any regime where euthanasia or assisted suicide is permitted, what tariff or penalty attaches to breaches of safeguards that cause to die people who, under the rules, should not have been allowed to die or be killed? Are we talking about the equivalent of penalties for murder or manslaughter in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Which assisted dying-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: In the situation of regimes, let us say, and this may have happened in Canada, where we may be talking about a professional person who for ethical or professional reasons believes this is not the way to go and does not want to be involved themselves, this raises this issue of autonomy. Autonomy is a good but it is a good that has to be balanced with other goods.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Consent and Capacity: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Therefore, if a person's autonomy is interpreted so as to allow him or her to avail of assistance in ending his or her life directly through euthanasia or indirectly through assisted suicide, there is an indirect effect because the person requires the support of a third party. People will have concerns about whether that will lead to a corruption of medicine or a change in the attitude of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Teastaíonn uaim go dtabharfaidh an Treoraí cuireadh don Aire Oideachais teacht isteach agus labhairt linn faoi theagasc na Gaeilge inár mbunscoileanna. Tagraím ach go háirithe don fhadhb atá ann leis an gcreat curaclaim nua ina ngearrtar siar ar an méid ama atá le caitheamh ar theagasc na Gaeilge, toisc...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome our guests. Having read all of their presentations, I found it stimulating that there was such well-reasoned argumentation in all cases but, significantly, going in different directions. Having read them, I did not spot any language that raised my eyebrows. Though I greatly esteem my friends, Senator Seery-Kearney and Deputy Gino Kenny, the one thing I am devoted to is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I want to probe this with Dr. Hickey and throw it open to all three of our experts. What would happen if the Oireachtas were to take this as a strong green light to legislate as it sees fit for whatever category of persons? For example, last week, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission asked us not to include disability as a basis. Does this raise a point on equality in a context...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It involves a resolution of the Dáil and the Seanad, with a certain threshold to be met in each case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Not to my knowledge. There were times when I wished it could be used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The witnesses are opening their minds ever so gradually.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I should have brought my copy of Bunreacht na hÉireann in with me. Even though we are all on the public record, I am going to hazard a guess that it is half of the Seanad and one third of the Dáil asking the President to put legislation to the people, for a determination, as far as I know. We will come back to that, if necessary. On the subject of liberal and conservative, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Finally, I have question for Dr. Casey. If I understand him correctly, Dr. Casey is saying that in the Supreme Court judgment in the Fleming case, the court was not saying that the Oireachtas does not have the right to legislate, but is it Dr. Casey's view that the court did not say that we do have the right either? Looking at the High Court judgment where the court goes through its list of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I congratulate the Minister on her return and on the joy that led to her absence. I want to quote something for the Minister: "I believe my new Hate Crime and Hate Speech Bill will contribute in a very real way to allowing everybody in Ireland to live without fear, to live the most authentic version of themselves." That is something the Minister tweeted on the day she introduced this Bill in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: No, I certainly will not. The Minister said the Bill is about tackling extreme forms of hate. Her officials seek to reassure the public. It is not. The Bill is about tackling anything understood as hate, be it mild or extreme. On pages five and six of the Minister's speech she seeks to reassure us by reiterating that the Bill has been drafted to criminalise only the extreme form. The...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator will not be cancelled until she has spoken for at least a minute.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: It was getting good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the witnesses and I agree with what the others have said. This is an issue of profound importance. Even the decision to discuss this issue is interpreted in different ways by people. Sometimes it takes courage to change the law, and sometimes it takes courage not to change the law. There are people who see this issue very much in terms of human autonomy and vindicating people's...