Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying and the Ethics of Autonomy: Discussion

Mr. Lloyd Riley:

I thank the Deputy for mentioning Noel. He was a formidable campaigner. I wish he had been in this room because I think members would have had some quite interesting discussions with him. It ties back to the first question which I did not get a chance to answer which was on how we speak to dying people. They often come to us because they face the injustice of the current law and they want to change it. It is vital that the committee speaks to them. If it cannot get them into this room, it should go and find them. It should go to them and speak to them. That has to be part of this process.

To clarify, Liam McArthur is a Liberal Democrat not SNP member. I just want to put that on the record.