Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to delay the committee. I apologise but I had other commitments. Has the Department received any correspondence from the Irish Cancer Society with regard to the issues before the committee this morning? In head 22(8) of the general scheme of the Bill, it states that gametes can be stored for ten years after which one must seek an extension for further storage time from the regulatory authority. The society states this would affect childhood cancer patients who might have to store them when they are in their mid-teens and might not access them until their mid or late 30s. That is the issue. Has that been brought to the officials' attention?