Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending, for their presentations and for answering questions.

It is probably not unjust to characterise our two guests on the left as fundamentally opposed to much of what is in the Bill because they see it as fundamentally in breach of a child's rights in principle, given that a child is losing a genetic connection by being separated from at least one of his or her genetic parents. From listening to them, I sense that no amount of tweaking will undo that perceived injustice. I do not wish to put words in their mouths but rather clarify what I broadly understand their position to be.

I did not hear them speak but I have read their comments. Is it fair to state that they believe the benefit for infertile individuals or couples who want to have children outweighs the negative consequences? Are the two speakers sitting in the middle broadly stating that we must go with it and that, therefore, it is a question of tweaking it as much as possible to take account of their concerns? Is it the case that, broadly speaking, they are in line with the idea that, given this is happening already, it needs to be allowed to happen as opposed to being publicly discouraged? Am I in the ballpark of fairly understanding our guests' positions?