Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Consent and Capacity: Discussion

Dr. Louise Campbell:

Could I go back to the doctrine of double effect? I thought there was a sentence of up to 14 years for contravening but ten years is the period mentioned in our assisted dying Bill for contravening the legal provisions around assisted dying. I am not 100% sure-----