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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I thank the witnesses for coming before us today. People who have come to the committee, such as disability advocates, have told us we should be focusing on enabling them to live a better life now as opposed to helping them end their lives due to the perceived lack of supports or the perception that they are a burden on family or wider society. I would ask those present as representatives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: I will come back on one point and then maybe move over to the HSE in relation to palliative care. What percentage of home care support workers are direct employees of the HSE versus people who are contracted in through private healthcare providers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Robert Troy: Was there not an aspiration that it would be the other way round, that direct employees would make up 70% and 30% would be from the private sector and not-for-profit? I genuinely believe, if we are talking about assisting people, that if we do not put in the necessary supports, whether we introduce this or not, we are subconsciously helping people make a decision that we may not wish to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Dr. Twomey and Deputy Troy. I call on Senator Hoey to speak. She is joining us online. She will be followed by Senator O'Loughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: System for Assisted Dying and Alternative Policies: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...is strange to say, fortunate in this way. Obviously, nearing the end of life is not a fortunate place to be in, but places are very limited, so at least in Kildare we have that facility. Deputy Troy was talking about palliative care in the midlands, and while there are plans for a palliative care centre in Tullamore that is going to cater for four counties, there is nothing at the...