Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

End-of-Life Care: Discussion

10:30 am

Photo of Dan NevilleDan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I welcome the delegations for their presentations. We are lucky in the mid-west that we have the Milford Care Centre hospice which has allowed many people to pass away at home. Everyone in the mid-west has had some family member given assistance by this hospice.

A debate will open up shortly on euthanasia and assisted suicide. What are the views of the delegations on this? We can all have closed minds that it cannot happen. However, I believe there is going to be a strong and vigorous debate around this issue.