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 Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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My last point is to Dr. Watson and concerns the provision of information between jurisdictions. There is absolutely no question whatsoever either in law or in practice that an individual would be struck off for passing information to another doctor in another jurisdiction with the permission of the patient. It is not the doctor's information, it is the patient's. They make the choice. I want to make that clear.