Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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I am listening to Mr. Wall. The person to his right is not throwing out the word "suicide", and nor is anyone here. It is a real concern. In fact, something the committee has scrutinised and will scrutinise carefully is the question of what the impact would be if we legislate to give people we deeply sympathise with the choice to have their lives ended and whether it would change the attitude among others about whether they should also end their lives or have State support to do so.

Nobody is throwing that out. We are looking at other countries. We are looking closely at what happens to suicide rates, assisted and non-assisted, where it exists. The picture is not reassuring in terms of the impact. We must look at all the issues and even though people might find some of the words difficult, we must look at things bluntly and full-on if we are to do our job for the people.