Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----woman who gave birth to him or her. In the case of donor-assisted human reproduction there is a sundering of the relationship with the genetic parent. I think many people will see the injustice of that one much more clearly. There is so much focus these days on people knowing who they are through genetic research and all of that. We do not need research to know there is controversy about that. Arguably it is not a matter of what evidence shows but a matter of the value we, as a community, ascribe to the maintenance of the genetic and birth link. If the community agrees that, all things considered, it is not a great idea to have a deprivation of the child's rights regardless of whether he or she suffers harm or suffers demonstrable harm which is a different consideration, there is an issue here. Would Professor Hayes agree that at the very least there is a view that is legitimately held in society that there may be an injustice to the child here and that this is something that is put to people? We need to accept that what the law says influences people. There is a very statable case that there is a legal injustice here.

Therefore, I do not see how it can be reasonably excluded from any counselling setting.