Cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan is “delighted” with the passing of the Dying with Dignity Bill through the second stage in the Dáil. A failure by Taoiseach Micheál Martin to address concerns from TDs over the Dying with Dignity Bill on Wednesday, led a number of his party to vote against the Government. As an act of defiance, some of the TDs decided to vote against a government amendment to the bill, which was ultimately defeated. “Micheál was confronted about what we felt was the unacceptable fact that the bill was being passed at second stage under the government amendment, albeit delayed a year. “Going into the vote, I didn’t expect it to go passed the amendment stage.

Source: Irish Examiner October 08, 2020 20:06 UTC