The Explainer: How is Ireland planning to legislate on assisted dying?
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March 2024
Assisted Dying
Committee to recommend legislation for assisted dying for those with between 6 to 12 months to live
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February 2024
Voices
Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'
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Feb 14th 2024, 7:00 AM
Assisted Dying
HSE tells Assisted Dying Committee there are already 'significant' supports for 'dying in a dignified way'
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2024
Assisted Dying
Ex-medical doctor who was in Dublin for workshop on 'DIY deaths' spoke at Assisted Dying Committee
Philip Nitschke – dubbed Dr Death in a recent Sky News investigation – gave ‘expert testimony’ but the committee was not fully aware of a workshop he held in Dublin during the same trip to Ireland.
Eimer McAuley
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Jan 24th 2024, 5:47 PM
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2023
Assisted Dying
Committee on Assisted Dying told ‘disabled people need to be central’ in shaping legislation
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Dec 5th 2023, 1:05 PM
Assisted Dying
Committee hears calls for improved healthcare supports to be prioritised over assisted dying policy
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Nov 14th 2023, 12:02 PM
Assisted Dying
Committee on Assisted Dying told Ireland is ‘increasingly’ an outlier in its position
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Nov 7th 2023, 12:51 PM
Dying with dignity
Assisted dying legislation 'contrary to best medical practice', Committee hears
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Oct 17th 2023, 11:47 AM
Oireachtas
Legalising assisted dying would ‘radically’ alter ‘equality of human lives’, Committee hears
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Oct 3rd 2023, 5:03 PM
Dying with dignity
12 Irish people have travelled to Switzerland to medically end their lives since 2003
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Sep 26th 2023, 1:42 PM
Dying with dignity
Committee hears whether TDs are legally allowed to pass assisted dying laws in the Dáil
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Jun 20th 2023, 4:20 PM
dying with dignity bill
Assisted Dying: TDs admit 'steep learning curve' and moral struggles as Committee finally meets
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Jun 13th 2023, 3:52 PM
Assisted Dying
Any legislation on assisted dying would need 'robust safeguards'
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Jun 13th 2023, 6:00 AM
Assisted Dying
‘Complex and profound issue’: Committee on assisted dying to hold first public session next week
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Jun 10th 2023, 12:05 AM
Assisted Dying
Assisted Dying committee to begin public deliberations in June with report expected for March
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Apr 26th 2023, 9:35 AM
Assisted Dying
'A complex issue': New committee on assisted dying holds first meeting ahead of public sessions
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Apr 19th 2023, 6:26 PM
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Dying with dignity
Terms of reference agreed for special committee on assisted dying
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Nov 30th 2022, 7:22 PM
Dying with dignity
Special committee on assisted dying expected to begin in October
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Jul 15th 2022, 3:48 PM
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Psychiatrists group raises concerns with assisted dying bill
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Dec 20th 2021, 10:33 AM
Dying with dignity
Special committee on assisted dying expected to begin in early 2022
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Nov 18th 2021, 3:20 PM
Assisted Dying
Establishment of Special Committee to examine Dying with Dignity Bill recommended
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Jul 21st 2021, 6:30 PM
Assisted Dying
Spain passes law legalising euthanasia
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Mar 18th 2021, 6:11 PM
Assisted Dying
Human rights group calls for 'substantive' changes to Dying with Dignity Bill to protect right to life
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Feb 3rd 2021, 9:32 AM
Assisted Dying
Spanish parliament approves bill to allow assisted dying
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Dec 17th 2020, 9:30 PM
Assisted Dying
The Explainer: Is assisted dying going to become legal in Ireland soon?
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Oct 16th 2020, 7:30 AM
Dying with dignity
From a social 'evil' to Supreme Court scrutiny: the long journey to Ireland's landmark assisted dying vote
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Oct 10th 2020, 9:30 AM
Dying with dignity
'I think Ireland is ready for this': Campaigners welcome result of Dáil vote on assisted dying legislation
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Oct 8th 2020, 6:01 PM
Assisted Dying
The Dying with Dignity Bill has been voted to committee stage
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Oct 7th 2020, 10:22 PM
Dying with dignity
Our 'last human right' or a 'slippery slope'? Inside the debate on assisted dying ahead of today's Dáil vote
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Oct 7th 2020, 12:05 AM
Dying with dignity
'Willingness on all sides' sees assisted dying become political reality ahead of Dáil vote
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Oct 4th 2020, 6:15 AM
Dying with dignity
'It is up to the Dáil': Government won't need referendum to introduce assisted dying law
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Oct 1st 2020, 12:05 AM
Dying with dignity
Explainer: Everything you need to know about the assisted dying bill set to come before the Dáil
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Sep 29th 2020, 12:05 AM
dying with dignity bill
Eamon Ryan says a conscience vote on next week's assisted dying bill 'is a real possibility'
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Sep 24th 2020, 1:43 PM
Euthanasia
'People should not suffer intolerable and horrible pain if they want to exit this life'
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Dec 15th 2015, 8:30 PM
Marie Fleming
Assisted suicide could be introduced in Ireland
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May 5th 2015, 11:35 AM
Assisted Death
A "strong case" for offering assisted death to terminally ill, says UK report
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