Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for their statements this morning. In respect of what we have heard in the past five weeks, different countries have different rules around assisted dying. A small number of countries have an assisted dying framework. They are different to a certain degree as regards criteria and who can avail of assisted dying. However, generally where it has worked, it has worked for those who want to avail of assisted dying.

My first question is for Professor Donnelly. The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act was enacted a number of months ago. Has it made the issue of assisted dying less opaque with respect to capacity to a point that assisted dying could be legislated for?