Government likely to oppose dying with dignity bill

The bill is tabled by Gino Kenny TD. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Government is likely to oppose a controversial bill aimed at introducing assisted dying in Ireland, despite some in power thinking it should be supported.

The bill, tabled by Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny, will be debated in the Dáil on September 15 and while the departments of health and justice are said to be “hostile” to what the bill intends, sources in each of the three Government parties believe there is some merit in what it aims to achieve.