Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Engagement with People with Disabilities
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
Let us put it this way. Somebody who could avail of assisted dying would be in the last throes of their life, meaning months, weeks or days in certain circumstances. That would be somebody who is terminally ill and who has a diagnosis that is life-limiting. To me, that is the crux of assisted dying.
In New Zealand, for example, they have specifically said in the provisions for their legislation that somebody could never avail of assisted dying on the grounds of disability. I completely agree with it. If we put that in our recommendation, would that change your-----
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