Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Right to Die with Dignity: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Dr. Louise Campbell:
I have two points to make and I will try and make them briefly. First, the opposite is of concern to many of those who are arguing against legalised assisted dying. Their concern is that persons who wish to avail of the assisted dying service will have their request granted more often because it is cheaper on the system to assist somebody to die than to provide very costly palliative care.