Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Given the yearning of childless couples to have a child and recognising what already has been said about the associated costs that must be taken into account, we are aware that it cannot be an endless chain of increasing costs and we cannot allow that to happen. Are the witnesses satisfied from a medical, legal and ethical point of view that it is possible to construct a Bill in such a way as to meet the various criteria they have in mind and to which they have already referred? Are there contradictions there that cannot be reconciled? If so, to what extent will those contradictions be a major impediment to the construction of the legislation?