Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Examination of Potential Consequences - Protecting and Enhancing the Provision of Palliative Care: Discussion
Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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We are talking about the kind of people who are unintendedly coerced. They are not even the incorrect deaths referred to by Dr. Doré because they would be technically eligible. The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland spoke to us about people with mental health issues falling through the cracks of this. They would not be incorrect deaths either because they are technically eligible but they are people made vulnerable by the existence of this option.