Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Dr. John Waterstone:

I think it is fair to say that we are totally frustrated by the lack of common sense in the engagement between the people who are formulating the legislation who to some extent are bioethicists and civil servants who are in ivory towers and us, the guys at the coalface, who know what the problems are because we are dealing with it day to day. We have asked them repeatedly to please talk to us. It is a small country. We ask why we cannot have a chat. We do not want to dictate the legislation but we at least want to provide some useful insights. There has been no meaningful interaction at all.

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