Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion

Dr. Brendan O'Shea:

To answer the Senator's particular question, I guesstimate there are probably about 16,000 people on the medical register, including people who are fully qualified specialists in their own disciplines, and trainees. At this point, therefore, it clearly represents a very small proportion, but I call back to termination of pregnancy where the number of registered medical practitioners actively supporting the introduction of that was a similar proportion, but ultimately these Houses and that previous committee did a job, responded to the expressed desires of the public and-----