Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent)
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Regarding equality, the commission is saying that disability on its own terms should be excluded as grounds for whatever happens, that is, assisted dying should not be available solely on grounds of disability. If so, would that not raise equality issues were it to be legalised for some categories of people but not for others?