Dáil could vote to allow assisted dying next week in certain circumstances as Fianna Fáil to allow a free vote

Fianna Fáil Deputies are to be allowed a free vote on the issue, and campaigning TD Gino Kenny has called on other Government parties to follow suit.

Mr Kenny pointed to the outcome of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying to support legislation for assisted dying.

He called on the whole Government to grant a free vote on the motion when it comes before the Dáil next Wednesday for a vote of TDs.

“Ultimately it will be up to the next Government to legislate in line with the committee’s recommendations,” he said.

The committee, which some see as endorsing euthanasia, was established in the wake of a number of long-running controversial cases.

National legislation became a far more likely prospect when Tánaiste Micheál Martin told the Dáil today that he had decided “it will be a vote of conscience for every individual of the Fianna Fáil party”.

Mr Martin, who took a similar stance on repeal of the Eighth amendment prohibiting abortion, said he could not speak for other political…

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