Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Many of the communications that I received were well thought out and not just two or three sentences. The communications came from professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, teachers and the general public. I was glad to receive them, read them and tried to integrate their comments into my thinking.

Finally, I have never in any debate here made a personal comment and never attributed anything to people other than that they were entitled to put their views on the record. I hope that is the way the debate will finish. However, I cannot support the Bill because I do not accept that the suicidal ideation clause should be included. The clause is unnecessary and could have been handled in a different way. We will all have an opportunity to vote. At least, we have a democracy where we can express our views for or against and long may that continue.