Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I understand that. Today is the anniversary of Vicky Phelan's death. I spoke to Vicky many times before she passed away. She always said, "I am not suicidal, I do not want to die, but I do not want to die in a situation that is out of my control". There are other people in that situation. It is conflating the issue with suicide and somebody with a terminal diagnosis who may want this. That is unhelpful.