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

Dr. Matthew Dor?:

The research shows that if a person has a terminal diagnosis, there is two-year period in which they return to the baseline psychological level they were at before. The Deputy is correct that suicide increases in the year after a terminal diagnosis has been given. This legislation would not facilitate choice.