Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion

Dr. Peter Allcroft:

I have no experience, whether personal, professional or anecdotal, that a voluntary assisted dying death has been more harrowing. They have been absolutely peaceful deaths where people go to sleep very quickly, within minutes of oral administration, and within 30 seconds of intravenous administration. They are deeply peacefully asleep and unaware of their surroundings. No, it is not harrowing.

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