Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Elma Walsh:

It does happen that people have intolerable pain. I am not a palliative care doctor and I am not a doctor. For the whole of society and for the common good of society this legislation will have to be cancelled. I know it has not been decided yet but when it is decided and when it goes ahead can it be guaranteed that whatever goes ahead will be watertight in five or ten years' time?