'At the moment, if you assist somebody in dying that attracts a mandatory jail sentence.'
Assisted dying is a ‘very serious’ and ‘complex’ issue that must get the same level of debate as abortion did, according to Dying with Dignity Committee Chair Michael Healy-Rae.The committee will investigate new laws to allow those suffering from a terminal illness to be assisted in dying., Deputy Healy-Rae said the committee has been meeting for several weeks now in private.
“So, we will be bringing in all of those people and listening to what they have to say, listening to their evidence, questioning it, and after that, making a decision.”“There are varying and different positions and different outlooks on this whole issue,” he said.
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