Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying in the United States: Discussion

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent)
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I will clarify my question because I did not express it properly. The rise to 46% in 2022 was in the number of people qualifying on grounds of terminal illness for whom feeling like a burden was a factor. Behind the apparent limiting of grounds, there is still perhaps a change occurring in society and in how we see people who qualify under those grounds.