Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 17, line 13, after “applies,” to insert “the”.

These amendments are minor drafting clarifications which address embryo donation to ensure that the section can operate effectively. The section, as drafted, refers to the donation of embryos by a couple who have ceased their donor-assisted reproduction treatment and where there are remaining embryos when they do so. At the moment it applies only where those embryos were themselves formed using donor gametes from another person.

I will be bringing forward amendments on Report Stage to ensure that a couple who have had embryos formed for their own use, and using their own gametes, may donate those embryos where at the end of treatment they have embryos that they do not intend to use. I will move an amendment on Report Stage to clarify the issue in relation to embryos.