Ms Petra Conroy:

I will take that one and then pass it on. One of the things at the heart of this is that every person is to be considered equal, no matter whether they are a TD, the chairperson of a committee or somebody who has suffered a stroke and cannot speak or respond. That principle of equality and equal dignity of everybody is at the heart of this. If I present to somebody as having thoughts of taking my own life, I will be wrapped in a raft of care. If it is a physical condition, all of that will be looked after, I will be given psychological support and my faith community will support me. If, in a few years’ time I develop motor neurone disease or I have a stroke or something and I want to end my own life, there is a different reaction. That is a fundamental inequality. You are creating two different categories and that is dangerous. I am very taken, at the same time, because the alternative is not too bad for me if I am suffering. The alternative is the very impressive other witnesses who were here, who were calling out that they could help people to have a good death, even in that situation.