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

Rónán Mullen: I wish to ask something so that I understand the matter correctly. Ms Gibney is not telling us what to do – as she stated, it is our job to decide – but does she recommend a change in the law in this area?

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

Rónán Mullen: Regarding equality, the commission is saying that disability on its own terms should be excluded as grounds for whatever happens, that is, assisted dying should not be available solely on grounds of disability. If so, would that not raise equality issues were it to be legalised for some categories of people but not for others?

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

Rónán Mullen: I want to return to some of the issues that have been raised and perhaps the witnesses will come in on them. My first question is for Ms Woods from the Department of Justice. My impression from a long time back is that when the law was changed on suicide in some ways it was about trying to alleviate the pain and suffering of families and to deal with the stigma in that area without, at the...

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

Rónán Mullen: Ms Gibney said we may well come to the point where we make a recommendation to change the law. I do not wish to put words in her mouth, but she does not seem to say we may come to a point where the commission recommends against change.

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

Rónán Mullen: Or not?

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

Rónán Mullen: Absolutely. If the commission got to the point where it recommended a change in the law, the equality issues I raised just now would come very much to the fore. It is entirely for Ms Gibney to recommend a change or not to do so. However, were she to recommend a change, it seems those equality issues would be very much in play.

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

Rónán Mullen: May I get an answer to the other question at some point? It may not be now.

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

Rónán Mullen: I am sorry to interrupt. Is now the time for me to ask for an answer to the first of the supplementary questions I asked?

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

Rónán Mullen: I do not have anything further to say except that I had asked a question about-----

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

Rónán Mullen: I asked whether I would face any civil or criminal sanction if I were to interfere with a person's right to do what is permitted in the area of suicide in a way that would differ from other things that a person might be permitted to do.

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

Rónán Mullen: Or a civil action.

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

Rónán Mullen: An bhfuil an t-am agam?

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

Rónán Mullen: That is very helpful but I will come back on a point. It seems clear that Ms Gibney is saying it can be done, subject to other measures, but that IHREC is not at the point where it is recommending it. What I am hearing is that it seems less likely it will recommend against a change in the law from everything Ms Gibney has said today. Would that be fair? No, it would not. As the chief...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Tiocfaidh mé ar ais tar éis an sos, ach I would like to get a debate with the Minister for Education on the proposed reduction in the draft new curriculum for primary schools in the allocation of time to the teaching of Irish. There is great concern about that. There is more which needs to be said about it, but I wanted to get my...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Tá fáilte romhaibh.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Do they still do homework in schools?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2023)

Rónán Mullen: There would be no sceptic tanks if they were-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Rónán Mullen: I received a communication from Ms Stella O'Malley of Genspect, an organisation that advocates for an evidence-based approach to gender distress. The organisation is concerned about the recent announcement from the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, that he will bring to Cabinet in June conversion therapy legislation which includes gender identity and not only sexual orientation in its purview. Its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh míle maith agat a Chathaoirligh agus a Threoraí.  Over the past few weeks we have been drip-fed plans by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, to hold a series of public consultations in June on neutrality and joint security arrangements, but, we are assured, not on joining NATO. However, I think reasonable people have a right to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2023)

Rónán Mullen: Senator O’Reilly has not given us any reason to suspect it so far today.