IDsMAID launches a new position paper in December 2024 to support the development of legislation

 

IDsMAiD has developed a detailed position paper in December 2024 which outlines:

  • Our proposed model of care for Voluntary Assisted Dying in Ireland

  • Our response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Assisted Dying

  • Our proposals on how to balance safeguards with access in any upcoming legislation

This submission can be found here.

World Federation of Right to Die Societies (WFRtD) Conference September 2024 Dublin

 

The World Federation of Right to Die Societies (WFRtD) Conference was held in September 2024 in Dublin, hosted by End of Life Ireland and IDsMAID.

Please see the following links or to view videos from the conference:

Read our submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee

 

IDsMAiD submitted a detailed Position Paper to the Oireachtas Commitee when it considered the Dying with Dignity Bill.

This submission can be found here.

A special Oireachtas Committee will be convened in 2022 to consider the legislative introduction of Assited Dying in Ireland.

TEDx Talk

Whose Death is it anyway? How we Die matters

 

Dr Brendan O’Shea delivered a talk ‘Whose Death is it anyway? How we Die matters’ at TEDxDunLaoghaire in December 2021.

Brendan advocated that patients should have ownership of their death and explores Medical Assistance in Dying as a choice for people at end of life.

He articulates how we die is an integral part of a good life.

Terminally ill should be offered choice on assisted dying, says doctors’ group

Clinicians tell committee procedure can be introduced in ‘safe and fair manner’

 

Irish Times - Feb 16, 2021

’Irish society has a responsibility to offer the choice of medically assisted dying to those suffering with a terminal incurable illness, a network of 100 doctors has said.

In its submission to the Oireachtas Justice Committee which is considering Dying with Dignity Bill, the Irish Doctors supporting Medical Assistance in Dying (IDsMAiD) group writes that medically assisted dying can be introduced in a “safe and fair manner”. It argues that in cases of terminal illness, “patients deserve to have their choice respected”.’

Read more here.

My mother died by euthanasia. For my family, that day is a positive memory

 

Irish Independent - 18th Sep 2021
Dr Akke Vellinga describes how her mother in the Netherlands was able to choose to die when her suffering from cancer became too much.

Read it here.

Claire Byrne RTÉ show on 14th December 2021

 

Dr Mark Murphy represented our group on the Claire Byrne RTÉ show on 14th December 2021, which discussed Assisted Dying.

The show was widely praised for bringing the experiences of patients and family members to national attention.

74% of respondents to the poll that evening voiced support for the introduction of Assisted Dying.

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