Setting up of Oireachtas special committee to examine topic of assisted dying recommended
Over 1,400 submissions received on provisions in Dying with Dignity Bill 2020
An Oireachtas special committee should be established to undertake an examination on the topic of assisted dying, recommends the Joint Committee on Justice in its Report on Scrutiny of Dying with Dignity Bill 2020, and should report within a specific timeframe.
Following detailed scrutiny of the Bill 2020, the Joint Committee on Justice laid its 47 page report before the Dáil this afternoon (July 21) following meetings in private session.
Based on its consideration, the recommendation to the Dáil, stated that the Select Committee had determined that the Bill had serious technical issues in several sections; that it may have unintended policy consequences, particularly regarding the lack of sufficient safeguards to protect against undue pressure being put on vulnerable people to avail of assisted dying; that the d
Concerns over future use of old briquette factory
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Local people are expressing concern about the possible future use of the former Bord na Móna briquette manufacturing plant at Kilpatrick between Allenwood and Derrinturn.
The briquette factory closed some 28 years ago and has been unused since, having opened before the start of the second World War.
It was the country’s first briquette factory.
Local resident Declan Fitzgerald has expressed concern that plans for a wind farm “spanning 14 decommissioned bogs” with amenities such as a cycling facility around the area along with walkways and nature study centres may now be abandoned.