Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

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

Dr. Siobh?n N? Bhriain:

What I am saying is that as a person who provides these services, I would expect us as teams to be able to provide psychological supports for patients. That would vary among the teams in the country, which we have more information about, but generally as part of the provision of palliative care, general practitioners do it, we as psychiatrists do it and lots of other clinicians do it. It depends on who has the primary relationship with the patient as well.