Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion

Dr. Kristin Good:

Thank you, Minister Seymour. As regards the data, there is a balance between collecting data that is appropriate to collect and that we need to collect for the purpose of the Act versus collecting data that may be of interest to researchers. We did engage with Sinead Donnelly during the implementation phase and that was reviewed right up within the Ministry around what was reasonable and appropriate to gather, particularly for a new service. We gather a large of data. It is never going to be full but also the other thing we have done is engage with the policy team around what that might look like for the future.