Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion

Professor Roderick MacLeod:

Yes. What Professor White is saying is correct, in that the states are embracing it. I will not say they are doing so with enthusiasm, but it is being undertaken in those six states. What I hear from palliative medicine colleagues in Australia is that it is not quite as rosy as the reporting indicates, but that is only anecdotal. Until more evidence is provided in the public arena, we will not really know. Obviously, New Zealand is looking at Australia to see how it is going there.