Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

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

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent)
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We might return to that at another time because we did go through this with our legal and constitutional people as well. If there is that reality that vulnerable other people will end up feeling pressurised into taking their lives be it as a direct result of an unsympathetic family or an unsympathetic State in the future that does not want to fund advanced healthcare necessities or as the result of social pressure that leads them to think "I shouldn't be getting in the way of society. My time has come", would Mr. Curran be concerned if this so-called slippery slope scenario became a reality? Would it change his view?