Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses for attending the meeting. Dr. Kelleher spoke about exposing more people to vulnerability. As a lay, non-medical person, am I characterising his approach and that of the other witnesses fairly as one that holds that while it may be possible in theory to say there are people, and individuals have been mentioned, who are not suicidal and not affected by mental health conditions and who have a greater level of freedom to know, and clarity about, what their wishes are, it is impossible, in practice, to isolate those people through any legal or administrative measure and impossible to make the distinction between them and others who may have conditions that compromise their autonomy and, dare I say, their capacity in some ways? Is that a fair assessment of what is being said?