(6/14) What About the Safeguards?
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying has been asked to examine the safeguards around ‘assisted dying’. In this article I look […]
(5/14) How Would ‘Assisted Dying’ Work in Ireland?
The Oireachtas has set up a Committee of TDs and senators under the Chairmanship of Michael Healy-Rae to consider the issue of […]
(4/14) What is a Valid Choice?
4. What is a Valid Choice? An important element of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD, my preferred term) is the ‘voluntary’ element. It is […]
(3/14) Why Do People Seek an Assisted Death?
The experience in Oregon, USA For over 20 years Oregon, has had a law permitting assisted death in the very restricted circumstances of […]
(2/14) Why Hasn’t Ireland got Voluntary Assisted Dying?
2. Why Hasn’t Ireland got Voluntary Assisted Dying? Many countries in the world have passed laws to allow their citizens the right […]
(1/14) Voluntary Assisted Dying — The Issues
What is Voluntary Assisted Dying? The Oireachtas has set up a Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to consider the issue. I prefer […]
Legal affairs at End of Life
THE THIRD CONVERSATION Preparation for end of life, from a legal perspective, requires three considerations. The first outcome to consider is loss […]
Status of Assisted Dying (Feb. 2022)
The press office of the Oireachtas have confirmed the following: Three Special Committees were approved in principle. Gender Equality which is now […]
(5/5) The insistence of the use of the word ‘suicide’ in the Oireachtas submission of the Irish bishops.
This is the fifth and final post in a series of posts by Noel Byrne considering the Catholic church’s stance on End […]
Voluntary Assisted Dying, how do we proceed now the Dying with Dignity Bill is defunct?
The Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 was submitted to the Dáil as a private members bill by Gino Kelly (TD) in October […]