Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion

Dr. Kristin Good:

Thank you. It gives me great pleasure. I will start with the Deputy's last question. We anticipated the majority of assisted deaths would happen within the community and that is how it turned out to be. Some 78% are in the home, approximately 5% are in a public hospital, and about 15% are in a community facility. That is a huge shift from day one when the Act came into force because most community facilities did not see that there was going to be any place for assisted dying within their facilities. That included residential aged care. There was obviously a huge shift within a year. We have a single hospice that is working very closely with palliative care and assisted dying, and having assisted deaths and supporting them on their premises.

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