Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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One of the remarkable features of this debate, certainly in this country, is that doctors, nurses and others involved in palliative care seem to be very worried about a change in the law here. I think that is a fair statement but I will ask everybody for their view on it. We perceive those people as caring. They are cheek by jowl with the people they seek to assist at end of life and we all know that wonderful work is done in terms of the emotional, physical, spiritual and social support. Many families are very grateful to those palliative care professionals and I am not just talking about doctors. Given they are in the caring business, why of all groups do they seem to be pretty unanimous on this? Is that the case?