Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying
Healthcare Professionals and Assisted Dying: Discussion
Dr. Cameron McLaren:
That would be the only place where the discretion would be able to be used. I cannot exercise any discretion. A patient is either an Australian citizen or not, or a Victorian resident or not. I do not have that discretion. I have a patient who has been living in Victoria for 20 years and has never taken up permanent residency or citizenship, so they are ineligible. It would be helpful to be able to have that recourse to be able to apply discretion.