Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We will now move on to our next topic which is assisted dying in Australia. I welcome Dr. Philip Haig Nitschke, director and founder of Exit International Australia, Mr. Mike Gaffney, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, and Dr. Greg Mewett, palliative care physician in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. We thank them for joining us at this time in our evening and their morning, which might not suit them. Members will ask questions after all witnesses have made their opening statements. Members can ask an individual a question or can address a question more generally to all witnesses. First, I invite Mr. Gaffney to make his opening statement.