Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Healthcare Provision and Healthcare Professionals: Discussion

Dr. Andrew Lyne:

I might take that question. It is particularly similar to the Australia and New Zealand models. We were very careful when framing the criteria to include people with a terminal illness with advanced physical deterioration where they might not have an exact prognosis of six months were less. We are very mindful in that context of Marie Fleming because if you put in a very tight prognostic clause, many people who are suffering with a terminal illness would be excluded. We thought it was very important that we do not exclude people unnecessarily.