Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A written submission by Dr. Joanne Rose was made to this committee, a copy of which I have got, and she is an adult conceived from donor conception. I would like any of our guests but particularly Dr. Shannon to comment on the points Dr. Rose made. She stated that kinship lost for reasons of child production turns our normal social and cultural values of the best interests of the child on their head. She stated that she spent 20 years of her adult life seeking parity with the rest of her social community and seeking knowledge of her own medical, social and familial history. She also stated that she would like to have contact with her own genetic kin, which has been lost through donor conception - her genetic father and relatives. I would like one of guests to comment on that. What measures can we put into the Bill to ensure we do not create more of those situations in Ireland?