Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Assisted Dying in New Zealand and Australia: Discussion
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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As Dr. Mewett stated, in those situations some people who have been given permission to access voluntary assisted dying will not go through with that. There are many reasons for that. There is a comfort that someone coming to the end of life has an insurance policy that if things get really bad, they have this choice and control at least. For some people that is greatly comforting. I ask Dr. Mewett to elaborate on those who did not choose-----