Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Consent and Capacity: Discussion

Dr. Louise Campbell:

I would like to correct that, if the Senator does not mind. She had an advance euthanasia directive dated at least five years previously and conversations had been ongoing up until the point at which she lost capacity. She was not sedated to prevent her from objecting. She was sedated as the first stage in the process of delivering euthanasia.