Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I have a couple of questions for Mr. Riley and Mr. Copson. In Britain, an MSP in Scotland - I cannot think of his name - is trying to bring forward legislation. What are their views on that and where it would go? A number of cases in Britain in the last five to ten years caught my attention. I particularly remember Noel Conway's case. It was absolutely grotesque what that man had to go through. It was barbaric that that man had to go through the courts for a right to have a say in his own life. Hopefully, Britain, and different jurisdictions, can change their legislation. I think public opinion is similar to here in its desire to change the law.