Mr. Tom Curran:

Could I just say something? I certainly did not say anything about end of life because it is something I do not necessarily agree with. In my own particular case, in the situation with Marie, we were asked for a medical opinion when we went to court. Her neurologist, Mr. Tubridy, was asked exactly that: what was his prognosis of how long Marie had to live? His very words were: "two weeks", "two months", "two years" and "maybe 20 years". So Marie would not have qualified under the six-month rule.

It is not about end of life; to me it is about choice. It is about when a person decides that their illness or something has got to the stage where life has nothing left for them. For instance, in Marie's particular situation, the only parts of her body that she could move for years before she died were her mouth and her eyes. She could not use anything else in her body. That is dignity. It is not just about aid or about end of life. It is about a choice as to when you feel that your life has ended.