 The power-rap in the 1993 act that made it illegal to help a person commit suicide was preventing a person from exercising their constitutional right by not being able to get health to do something that an able-bodied person could do. That was Tom Curran, a right-to-die activist and the widower of Marie Fleming, who famously challenged Ireland's euthanasia laws. Fleming was an MS sufferer and fought for the right to take her life at the time of her choosing. She lost her 2013 Supreme Court case and died shortly after. Tom has continued in the work he started with his partner. I am now involved in doing the same as I did for Marie for other people. It's debatable, well I know it's not debatable, it is probably bringing the law, but I personally couldn't place over the last five years plans for probably 200 to 250 people. Also speaking at the ELSE event was Gayla Rourke. She took her life on the 5th of June and I suppose I think from then we had nothing to place her to come to see me or anybody because as far as I'm concerned it was a suicide. It was not a simple suicide however and Gayla was arrested and would become the first person in Ireland to be tried for assisted suicide. She was tried under the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993 and was acquitted in 2015. Under the Act Suicide was decriminalised but it became illegal to assist a person trying to take their own life. The right to die movement wants to replace this with the Dying with Dignity Act. The future of which depends on the next government. There's no doubt that the bill will be represented. My feeling is that if it's an unstable government they won't want to take on any controversial subject that might make the government fall. So from my point of view it would be far better to have a stable government but a stable government that are prepared to become the person and are prepared to take more issues head on. The two parties vying for government control have vastly different opinions on the issue. Fiona Fawle, leader and Mee-Hul Martin said he would allow a free vote while on T-shirt and to Kenny said he was personally against assisted suicide and would not allow a vote in the party. The most potent issue that was tackled during the talk was that assisted suicide often prolonged life. It was argued that when people are forced to travel abroad to avail of the service they often choose to die months before they otherwise would due to travel restrictions because of deteriorating conditions. It now remains to be seen how the new government will tackle this issue and until then assisted suicide remains a criminal offence in Ireland. Rebecca Lonley, DCU TV News.