Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Would Professor Jones not say that some doctors suggest morphine and know that it will hasten end of life? I have been in those conversations, so I am very much aware of what happens in a room. We could have extended my father's life for three weeks had we brought him to hospital but we very much were assured that if we gave him this pain relief, and we just gave him the morphine, it would be much quicker for him than unnecessarily bringing him to a hospital. I have been in those conversations. There is no point in saying that morphine does not hasten death. It does if it is given at the right dose.