Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion

Professor Ben White:

By "safety" I mean that the safeguards and systems for reviewing the eligibility criteria ensure that only people who are eligible and meet those criteria are able to access voluntary assisted dying and that those who are not eligible are not able to access voluntary assisted dying. When I talk about the system operating safely, that is what I mean.