Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion

Ms Rachel Woods:

I will briefly answer that. There is no particular protection for people if they interfere. If they interfere by way of assaulting or restricting the person physically, there would be no safeguard against a prosecution in that case.