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THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE on voluntary assisted dying will be able to be established “as soon as humanly possible”, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl has said.
It comes as People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, who tabled the bill in 2020, said that the delay on the establishment of the special Oireachtas Committee was “extremely frustrating”.
Kenny said that it had been 18 months since the Justice Committee recommended a special committee on assisted dying and that nothing had progressed since.
He previously told The Journal that he expected the special Oireachtas Committee to be in place by October.
“Since then, nothing has happened and it’s extremely, extremely frustrating to say the least,” Kenny told reporters this morning.
“I think we need to have a national conversation in relation to this issue.”
When Kenny raised it during the Order of Business in the Dáil this afternoon, the Ceann Comhairle said that it was a matter for the Dáil Reform Committee, who are set to receive a report on the special committee next week.
“If they agree on that, the committee – which has already been agreed in principal to be established – can proceed as soon as is humanly possible,” Ó Fearghaíl said.
Kenny said that he believed the Committee could be established before Christmas and said that the issue has “gone on for too long”.
Last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the bill needed further “teasing out”, calling it a “very complex issue”.
Martin didn’t give any assurances that the bill would be passed through the Oireachtas by the end of the Government’s term.
Kenny said that there were currently no impediments for the Government to form the committee, due to the surrogacy committee’s completion earlier this year.
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if the banks are insisting on hoarding it take it back and give it to me, i’ll spend it all!!
Taoiseach the Irish Bank are still not lending , not interested in SME or individuals , even though you have set up various devices . Our Government and the Irish People are being ignored the banks are hoarding cash and this is their unofficial policy !
Or they could give every EU citizen €1,000
Austrian Central bank governor, ” ECB has a problem with addicted banks”.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/nowotny-says-ecb-has-problem-of-addicted-banks/
The massive liquidity injections by Western Central banks (including todays ECB injection) are resulting in privations for the worlds poorest. Huge flows of cash from western nations are finding their way to emerging markets with inflationary effects. This is forcing up the price of basic commodities for the worlds poorest.
http://m.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/29/how-world-paid-hidden-cost-america-quantitative-easing?cat=business&type=article
They are amoral Sean.
New cash?…my arse! Another €530 billion of computer generated money that we, the citizens of Europe will pay back in cash. Only then does that computer money become cash, and the gangsters at the top are wiping their arses with €50 notes!
if they’re hoping the banks will pass it on..they have a very questionable hold on reality.
All i need is 0.00008% of that and I’m sorted!! Back in the black.
So the Central Bank is HOPING that the extra money will be passed on?!?! Pull the other one. This press release is trying to make it seem like the ECB care about money being passed on,in loans. They don’t! They only care about what they can squeeze out of the countries they are supposed to be helping.
It’s a bit like the Irish government, HOPING that interest rate cuts will be passed on to customers!
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