Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion
Dr. Peter Allcroft:
I have no experience, whether personal, professional or anecdotal, that a voluntary assisted dying death has been more harrowing. They have been absolutely peaceful deaths where people go to sleep very quickly, within minutes of oral administration, and within 30 seconds of intravenous administration. They are deeply peacefully asleep and unaware of their surroundings. No, it is not harrowing.