Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Last week, the Daily Mailpublished an opinion poll on assisted dying. There have been many opinion polls on the issue over the past number of years, and the results have been very consistent by showing that three quarters of the population would support legislative change in respect of assisted dying. Are the public wrong? Are they wrong to base their views on their own experience and thinking ahead to say that in certain circumstances, people should have a right and a say in how they die? Who is wrong? Are the people of this country wrong? I respect the views of the witnesses on assisted dying. However, a cohort of people have moved on from certain dogmas in all settings and now want to see something change regarding assisted dying and for who will want to avail of that. In those circumstances, who is wrong?