Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Proponents of assisted suicide from other jurisdictions have suggested that this can be done as part of palliative care and it should sit alongside it. Palliative care experts have said it holds back and would interfere with palliative care. Is it Dr. Twomey's view that it would interfere with palliative care and the way it can be delivered? Does it bring about a fundamental change of attitude towards what palliative care might otherwise be able to offer?

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