Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion
Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I thank the representatives for coming before the committee today to contribute to this ongoing debate. I think some of the language Professor O'Neill used in his statement is very regrettable. It is very regrettable. I refer to the words "killing" and "eugenics". This is going down a road I do not think we should go down. I cannot stop people who come before the committee, or those outside the committee, from using terminology that is offensive to those who are trying to have a reasonable debate about assisted dying. Does Professor O'Neill know of any jurisdiction in which assisted dying is compulsory?