Dr. Feargal Twomey:

If you were to legislate in this area, based on Deputy Gino Kenny's comment that the vast majority of the public would not be able to access this, the most important thing in healthcare is first to do no harm. In essence, if you are to legislate, a little like in the case of Tom Curran who is in the Gallery, the Supreme Court said he was the most compelling witness and it was the most compelling case and if it could make a law for him that would harm no one else, it would be minded to do so. Those were extremely powerful words. The question is whether there is a model that has absolute safeguards. No one can convince me there is. If one were to consider it, I would suggest listening to Professor Theo Boer and not to look at euthanasia where a physician or healthcare worker does the act, because it makes it a far easier choice for people to make what is an enormous step.