Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying and the Constitution: Discussion

Dr. Tom Hickey:

That is another option, of course. Under articles 46 and 47, the political organs of State, Government and Legislature can bring forward a proposal to amend the Constitution to insert any provision into the Constitution. This can be done to allow the right to do x,y or z or express prohibition on x, y and z. If this is put to the people and they approve, that will then be the new position in the Constitution.

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