Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion
Dr. Feargal Twomey:
No. In other jurisdictions outside of this country, France in particular, prolonged terminal sedation can occur, but not in the UK and Ireland. I am also on the board of the Association for Palliative Medicine group in Ireland, which the committee will be hearing from in the coming weeks. This practice is not part of modern-----