Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Access to Palliative Care and Social Supports: Discussion

Dr. Miriam Colleran:

What we see happen in other jurisdictions is that it becomes progressively expanded. My concern, as I mentioned in the context of the national safeguarding report, is that inappropriate death - somebody dying in error - is the ultimate mistake. As legislators it is very difficult because for them in terms of-----