Rónán Mullen (Independent)
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Could I refocus and maybe Mr. Curran and Mr. Ahern could speak on it? Mr. Wall refers to 100 doctors, which is a small percentage of doctors in the country, but among the palliative care people, who I think we would all assume are caring people who see the situation up close - we will find out in the fullness of time - it seems to be the case that the great preponderance of professionals who are dealing with exactly the situations the witnesses describe are not on board with what the witnesses, in all sincerity, are looking for. I am wondering why that is. That is difficult to understand unless we think of our doctors, nurses and palliative care professionals as being uncaring or somehow remote, but they are not; they are in the thick of it. Have the witnesses thoughts on that?