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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Exactly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is good news that a special committee is being set up to consider the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. That is a good development about which I have a number of questions. First, when will that committee commence and, second, how long will it go on for? If it goes on for a protracted period, it could run into the next general election and then nothing will happen....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Parliamentary privilege is considered to apply to the utterances of members participating online in the committee meeting where their participation is from within the parliamentary precincts. There can be no assurances in respect of participation online from outside the parliamentary precincts and members should be mindful of this when they are contributing. This committee discusses dying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain. Next is Ms McArdle from the Department of Health and she has five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Ms McArdle. Next we are on to the members. Each member has seven minutes, and that includes questions and replies from the witnesses. To begin is Deputy Alan Farrell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: As Senator Fiona O'Loughlin is not online, our next speaker is Deputy Pa Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: This committee has come full circle with regard to this issue. Over Christmas I listened to a BBC podcast and one of the guests was Esther Rantzen. During the Christmas period she came out with regard to her support of assisted dying. She said something very profound which I probably should have thought about as someone who supports assisted dying. She said that most people are not afraid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: There were other indications-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: -----more than being a burden. That has been shown in the evidence across the United States and Canada where people indicated loss of autonomy, dignity and sometimes pain. Before this committee, I thought pain would have been one of the top reasons but it was one of the lesser ones. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Deputy Lahart posed a profound question about what we have been deliberating over for the past nine months. A cohort of people could and should be able to avail of assisted dying because there are complicated circumstances where somebody has a terminal diagnosis or is in a very difficult situation coming to the end of life. It can be very difficult, as I know first-hand. I am sure others...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Institutional investment funds play a major role in the rental sector and I would suggest that this has a very detrimental effect. They bought very cheap about a decade ago and now rent very high. These funds come in many forms with many names. This is a family show so I will not mention some of the names people have for them. In recent months, a plebiscite was held in Berlin with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time a budget increased the blind persons tax credit. [5835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the blind persons tax credit was not increased in line with other tax credit increases in Budget 2024; and his plans to increase the credit in the future. [5836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the free contraception scheme is only available for the 17 to 31 years age brackets; and the rationale for limiting the scheme to this age group only. [5834/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It seems odds that there is no registry or a collection of data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is extraordinary that such a register is not in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there any reason?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Do other jurisdictions in the European Union, for example, have a registry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there a mean age at which the onset of dementia could manifest itself?