Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion
Professor David Albert Jones:
People seek to access assisted dying for various reasons, some because of terminal illness, some because of pain and symptoms, and some because of their social situation.
It is not that nothing needs to be done. Things need to be done. We need to improve palliative care, support for disability and suicide prevention, including suicide prevention among older people. I am not saying that the situation is hunky-dory. There are a lot of things that we need to do. I just do not think that this would be helpful, that is all.