Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful no one in my life has found themselves in a position where they have felt the need to make this choice. In many of the cases I have read about, one of the greatest fears of the people involved is the manner of dying, which might be either protracted or proximate, and that they will suffer a much greater level of pain and suffering if they choose to die naturally. There are also issues about autonomy and ability. That is not so much a question as a statement.

Is Professor O'Neill of the view that there should be a degree of leniency or clemency shown to people who assist somebody in dying in such circumstances?