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IHF Statement on the Final Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying

IHF Statement on the Final Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying

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Irish Hospice Foundation acknowledges the work of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying and welcomes their recommendations for greater funding for palliative care.  Irish Hospice Foundation sought an informed, inclusive and robust debate and an in-depth examination of the issues related to assisted dying. We believe that the Committee has delivered on this. In its hearings since […]

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IHF welcomes Special Oireachtas Committee to examine the issue of assisted dying

IHF Statement

Friday 19th November 2021   Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the announcement that a Special Oireachtas Committee will be established in early 2022 to examine the issue of assisted dying.  The formation of the Special Committee was recommended earlier this year by the Oireachtas Justice Committee.  In July the Justice Committee found that Dying with Dignity Bill […]

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IHF welcomes Joint Committee on Justice recommendations on assisted dying

IHF Statement

Thursday 22 July 2021   Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) welcomes the Joint Committee on Justice recommendation that an Oireachtas Special Committee be established to undertake an examination of assisted dying.  In our submission in January of this year to the Joint Committee on Justice on the Dying with Dignity Bill, we called for the absolute necessity of public debate on the issue of assisted dying. The […]

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