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 just need to correct two things that both Professor Binchy and Senator Mullen have stated that are absolutely inaccurate. The figure from Oregon's data report, which Professor Binchy can look at, as I see it on his desk, is not about feeling a burden being a reason that people request an assisted death. That is usually documented in the paperwork by the person's physician; rather, it is an end-of-life concern that is expressed.