Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Engagement with People with Disabilities

Mr. Peter Kearns:

Certain people acquire impairments like Parkinson’s or MS who are medically identified with an impairment label and the knowledge that can go with that. They feel their life is over. We want disabled persons organisations to have access to those people to give them the confidence and the choice to live a life. Assisted suicide should not be the first option. We can reach other disabled people to show that just because they have an impairment label, it does not mean their life is over.

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