Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion

Dr. Kevin Yuill:

I can tell the Deputy about that. The circumstance is that there was a gentleman who had a breathing disability and was signed off on assisted dying by one doctor and was seeking another. He then went to the newspapers and said he was seeking assisted dying because he was suffering because he did not have enough money or a home. The point I am trying to make is that you are able to do that in Canada so long as you meet the other criteria. Nobody can tell you that you cannot. That is in the charter of rights. That is why this is quite dangerous. The Deputy can find it as distasteful as he likes but those are the facts.