Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We will get a chance to ask the palliative care physicians whether they have oversized egos or whether they are afraid people will feel they are becoming a burden when euthanasia becomes lawful, or that they will lose hope. I like to think that the palliative care physicians from whom we may hear actually care about their patients and see at first-hand how they can best cope with their suffering and challenge.

I have a follow-up question. In the figures I have shown, in the case of cancer anyway, there has been a significant increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland and no decrease in regular suicide. That does not bode well. I presume Mr. Luley encounters people who physically cannot carry out or who do not want to carry out assisted suicide for themselves and who want euthanasia. Under Swiss law, does Mr. Luley turn them away? Does he lobby for a change in the law so that he can facilitate them? What actually happens?