Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Protecting Vulnerable Individuals from Coercion: Discussion
Professor Ella Arensman:
In principle, we in the NSRF are very open to contribute and to keep contributing to the debate but a starting point could be to look at specific subgroups and to be very nuanced in terms of people's needs and being offered the extra services that they have had and then overall assessment of people's consistent wish to die in light of that very important aspect of ambivalence. This is where we have to respect people as well.