Mr. Michael O'Neill:

The key question is whether a person's disability is the sole reason that may activate a scenario that will ultimately lead to death. This is as opposed to a scenario in the context of the previous legislation where one was talking about a person coming towards the end of life due to an illness or disability, and for whatever reason is not in a position to take certain decisions relating to that. The nature of the concern is that the fact that a person is old or disabled, in and of themselves, should not be sufficient grounds to activate a scenario, which by that simple fact leads to their death. It is rather a much more complex and nuanced issue.