An Oireachtas special committee to examine the issue of assisted suicide is likely to be established following the completion of a parliamentary committee on international surrogacy, according to the Times, Ireland.

The proposed committee, which will have a reporting deadline of nine months, is expected to be set up after the Dáil’s summer recess.

An Oireachtas spokesman said this week that it was “not possible to give an exact timeframe” for the establishment of the assisted suicide committee.

Last July the Oireachtas justice committee recommended that a special group of TDs and senators be appointed to examine assisted suicide after a failed attempt by Gino Kenny, the People Before Profit-Solidarity TD, to get a ‘Dying with Dignity Bill’ on the statute books.