Professor William Binchy:

Everybody's right to health is protected under the Constitution and under human rights. The issue is whether the right to health should translate into the entitlement to take the life of another human being. I think the Deputy will agree that it is fair of me to say that in the discussion which has taken place this afternoon and against the background of what we heard from the Irish Human Rights Commission and what we hear from Ms Zampas, it is clear that once a ground is introduced, including the health-based ground, which would be physical and mental health one assumes, there is no question that it is likely to translate into a substantial, wide-ranging ground.