Politics
Constitution not a block on assisted dying laws, Dáil committee told
Two academics backed legislature’s ability to alter assisted dying legislation, while a third said he did not believe the Oireachtas has the ‘legislative competency’ to change the ban
The constitution is not a block on the Oireachtas legislating over assisted dying, a Dáil committee has been told.
Members of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying were told by two academics that whichever way the legislature chose to proceed on the issue, it has the right to do so.
However, a third academic disagreed and said he did not believe the Oireachtas has the “legislative competency” to change the ban on assisted suicide or ...