Ms Elma Walsh:

I think people would feel a burden, for example, an older person. My background is farming. It has happened in Irish society in respect of farmland, where somebody wanted to take over a farm, which might have resulted in a brother or sister who had an illness or something being put into a psychiatric home back in the day. Now, however, will the alternative be taking the pill? People can put pressures on themselves as well, from all the talk that is out there. It is not that a child, grandchild, son or daughter will put pressure on the person, but that the individual could feel overburdened and think about it as a relief.

On what was said about the Bill that is coming in, can anybody present a guarantee that if we look back at that Bill in ten years' time, it will be the same Bill? In most of the countries where this has come in, their laws have been relaxed. Will there be amendments in future? If we look back at this Bill in ten years' time, will it be the same watertight Bill we bring in today? I do not think so.