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:

Some of the existing legislation Mr. Ahern mentioned has already been relaxed. Amendments have been made to relax the original legislation. In many of the countries where euthanasia and dying with dignity legislation have been brought in, those laws are being relaxed. In the cases I hear about at any rate, they are not as tight or strong as they were. The laws have all been relaxed.