Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have worked in the disability area and have spent a lot of time advocating for assisted living. Assisted living is extremely important, but I also am of the opinion that in specific circumstances a person should have a say and should be able to die on his or her own terms. As I have said many times before, in the vast majority of jurisdictions where assisted dying has been legislated for, people cannot avail of assisted dying on the grounds of disability. I agree with that. In the specific circumstances where a person has come to the end of his or her life, are the witnesses saying that the or she should not have a choice or right - whatever you want to call it - in those circumstances?