Mr. John Wall:

On how we can be 100% sure, I cite my own case as an example. The last time I asked the question how long I was going to live, I was given up until last January 12 months. That is a prime example of someone getting it wrong because I am very much still here and I am, thankfully, very healthy. So why am I advocating? It is very simple. I look at my own situation and diagnosis and ask myself how I want my life to end naturally. I do not want to die but I am thinking of a time at the latter stages of a terminal illness where needless suffering can be prevented. I think Deputy Daly suggested earlier that Mr. Ahern was the only one advocating in terms of terminal illness; I do also, but in the latter stages. In a very hypothetical scenario, I would advocate that I would apply for something or express an interest that at the end of life, I would like to pass peacefully. My wish is to pass naturally in 40 years' time or whatever, and not before then. However, if it ever happened, I would like to be able to express a wish while I was completely compos mentisand I had the capacity to consent. It would be up to others to decide whether that wish of mine would be appropriate. However, I must emphasise that this is at the latter stages of a terminal illness when life is absolutely not guaranteed and, to be very blunt, it is blindingly obvious that the end is very nigh. That is the sureness and being as close to 100% as you can ever get.