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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I am.

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: The only thing that brings about peace is a political settlement - a settlement that means people can coexist regardless of their creed. That coexistence cannot exist under a system of oppression and occupation. In fact, it is an affront to the concept. Nobody wants to see anybody die, regardless of whether they are Jewish, Muslim, Christian or of no religion at all, but decades of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: There is huge concern about a cohort of patients who rely on new drugs and treatments. Bizarrely, in this year's budget the funding for these treatments has been taken away. This will affect thousands of patients. Like all Deputies, I received an email about a person who relies on a particular drug and has been told by their doctor that they will not get it. The person will have to leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [43871/23]

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)

Gino Kenny: I am. Five months ago when the report came out, Ms O'Shea said, in relation to the Taoiseach’s and Government’s response, that she was disconcerted and a bit of courage was needed in relation to the Government’s response. Does she still feel that way about the Government’s response to the report?

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)

Gino Kenny: Where does Ms O’Shea see it going from here? Obviously, there are diverging opinions, even in the health committee. However, there is an inbuilt mechanism in the legislation in that there is a review and so forth. Ms O’Shea made recommendations. Now it is up to the legislators - the Government - to make those recommendations come through. Where does Ms O’Shea see it...

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)

Gino Kenny: I refer to the Bill of 2018. I note Ms O’Shea stated in the report that it could be open to individuals to take the State to court in respect of the restrictions, particularly around certain aspects of that. I do not know if that is in train or if that has happened since the legislation was-----

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)

Gino Kenny: In Ms O’Shea’s opinion, a case like the Mellet and Whelan cases could happen again.

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)

Gino Kenny: To Ms O'Shea's knowledge, there has not been any kind of-----

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)

Gino Kenny: Five months ago, legislation tabled by Deputy Bríd Smith passed Second Stage. Therefore, there is a clear message from the Oireachtas that the recommendations Ms O'Shea made - and beyond - need to be legislated for. Between Ms O'Shea's report and the legislation passed in late May, there is a clear appetite to move this on. My instinct is that the Government is quite opaque about this...

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)

Gino Kenny: Okay. That is it.

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Gino Kenny: I too welcome the O'Farrell family. We have spoken about Shane many times over the last seven or eight years. One does not have to have a forensic mind to understand that Shane O'Farrell should have been alive today. We should not even be speaking about him but because of systematic failures in all strands of the authorities, Shane is dead and we cannot bring him back. There is one thing...

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

Gino Kenny: I thank all of our guests. It has been very informative, as ever. This committee is trying to grapple with the issue of assisted dying. It can be complex and it can be very difficult sometimes hearing the witness testimony but it is important that we talk about these things. As Dr. Twomey said, in some ways we are good at talking about death but there is other avoidance around those who...

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

Gino Kenny: That is wrong.

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

Gino Kenny: That is wrong.

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

Gino Kenny: That should never happen in Ireland under those circumstances.

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

Gino Kenny: My second question is on palliative care and the double effect. Obviously, when people are in these situations, they are given medical intervention. What is the opinion of the witnesses on the double effect, such as in cases where there could be a chance that administration of a medication could hasten a person's death? Obviously, that is at the end of that person's life, but what is the...

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

Gino Kenny: I put the same question to Dr. Brendan O'Shea and the representative from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association.

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

Gino Kenny: But double effect does happen in some medical settings, I presume.