Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Independent) | Oireachtas source

To be honest, I was not actually going to say anything but the more people talk, the more confusing it gets. It was said earlier that the extraordinary today will be the ordinary tomorrow. I do not believe that. With regard to a patient in an ambulance or hospital, to me extraordinary life-sustaining measures means the best available there and then based on the experience of the people available. Changing that to reasonable medical care sounds as though the whole thing is being watered down. I know that if I was the patient I would want extraordinary measures taken. I would want the best measures available taken. I would not want to have reasonable medical care, I would want the best care. All we are actually doing at the moment is watering the whole thing down. We are confusing people at the moment. At the end of the day, all the person, patient or child wants is the best service. To me "extraordinary" sounds like the best service.