Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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My second question is on palliative care and the double effect. Obviously, when people are in these situations, they are given medical intervention. What is the opinion of the witnesses on the double effect, such as in cases where there could be a chance that administration of a medication could hasten a person's death? Obviously, that is at the end of that person's life, but what is the difference if it is months away from a situation when somebody says they do not want to go through all those complications, they want to have a say in, and control over, their death, which is a human right? What is the huge difference between the double effect, which could hasten someone's death, and somebody making a conscientious decision to not want to get to that stage? I address that question at all the representatives.