The press office of the Oireachtas have confirmed the following: Three Special Committees were approved in principle. Gender Equality which is now up and running, Autism and Assisted Dying have yet to be established. We understand Terms of Reference for the work of the Assisted Dying Special Committee were ‘worked on’ before Christmas 2021. This […]
This is the fifth and final post in a series of posts by Noel Byrne considering the Catholic church’s stance on End of Life choice as outlined in their Oireachtas submission to the Justice Committee considering the ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill. If you missed the earlier posts describing the negative impact the ‘Irish Bishops Conference’ […]
The Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 was submitted to the Dáil as a private members bill by Gino Kelly (TD) in October 2020. The Bill received wide-spread public support however, the Justice Committee charged with assessing the Bill chose not to proceed with the Dying with Dignity Bill (2020). Instead, in July 2021, the Justice […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. Alan Tuffery is a committee member of EOLI and this is the first in a series of posts on legal matters and end of life. After several posts about deciding on your healthcare needs at the end of […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. Alan Tuffery is a committee member of EOLI and below he thinks forward on how a person could express the scenarios in which they would like to access VAD. My last post about the fact Voluntary Assisted Dying […]
This is the fourth in a series of posts by Noel Byrne considering the Catholic church’s stance on End of Life choice as outlined in their Oireachtas submission to the Justice Committee considering the ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill. If you missed the earlier posts describing the negative impact the ‘Irish Bishops Conference’ has had on […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. In this series, EOLI committee member Noel Byrne comments on the arguments expressed by the bishops of Ireland in their submission to the Oireachtas Committee considering the Dying with Dignity Bill. This is the third in a series […]
A recent Oireachtas report suggests there are legal deficiencies in the draft Dying with Dignity Bill that could result in yet another delay to introducing Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) in Ireland. It is our understanding that the Bill will be considered next week and subsequently a decision will be made on whether to proceed with […]
This is the second in a series of posts by Noel Byrne considering the Catholic church’s stance on End of Life choice as outlined in their Oireachtas submission to the Justice Committee considering the ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill. If you missed the first post describing the negative impact the ‘Irish Bishops Conference’ has had on […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. This is the first of our opinion pieces, where members of our committee take a close look at the arguments for and against the ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill. In this series, EOLI committee member Noel Byrne comments on […]
