Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Nobody is trying to gag Deputy Coppinger. With the greatest of respect, I do not believe she is the kind of person who would or could be gagged. She need have no fear about that.

An issue of privacy and decency arises and the family has asked for privacy and for its confidentiality to be respected. We should endeavour to do that to the greatest extent possible. All of this was heard in open court and the doctors gave their reasons and answered the questions. They gave reasons as to why they were not willing to end somatic life support without legal advice and cover. The answers to the Deputy's questions exist already. All these matters were aired in open court. The legal costs are not yet known. It takes time before legal costs are agreed, as the Deputy knows. The medical costs probably cannot be calculated and it may well be the case that there were no additional costs. As I pointed out, the ICU bed would have been used anyway, and the staff involved were employed in any case. There were no additional staff employed.

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