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

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Does Dr. McQuillan understand why some people would want to prevent it from actually getting that far? Getting to the stage where they are sedated, they have a lot of pain and they are suffering. Can Dr. McQuillan understand why somebody would say, "I do not want to go through that; I just want to have a say in how I actually die?", which I think is a fundamental human right. Can Dr. McQuillan understand why?