John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the committee secretariat for the work it has been doing in the background to get us to this point. I also thank our witnesses for giving us context. They will accept that, as a member of the committee, I am coming at this from the point of view of inquisitiveness, and while I hope I do not come across as an inquisition member, there may be some direct questions. These will be to try to help inform me and satisfy my curiosity about some of the issues involved. There will be a steep learning curve for most members of the committee and we take our roles in this regard seriously.

Ms Gibney referred to the establishment of this committee and said it was "specifically focused on legislating for the very sensitive issue of physician-assisted dying", or not, which I assume she accepts.