Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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-----more than being a burden. That has been shown in the evidence across the United States and Canada where people indicated loss of autonomy, dignity and sometimes pain. Before this committee, I thought pain would have been one of the top reasons but it was one of the lesser ones. That is interesting.