Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Jack ChambersJack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My final question centres on the contribution by Dr. Regina McQuillan last week. She spoke about diluting the resource allocation for palliative care. If one imports the right to assisted suicide into our health care framework, then one potentially dilutes or undermines attempts to achieve the best health care system for everybody. Would Dr. Campbell accept that importing the right to assisted suicide impacts on the capacity to provide other services, including palliative care, for example, because resources are finite? Would that be a concern?

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