Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Durkan notes, we are discussing a very complex medical, moral and social issue. The medical technology is changing all the time, as is our legislative process. For instance, how does the same-sex marriage legislation affect our proposed legislation for assisted human reproduction? There are much more complex marriage relationships which can lead to much more complex assisted human reproduction procedures which would be legal in Ireland. Is it possible for one piece of legislation to cover all of this or should the legislation be broken up into different sections? For instance, should there be legislation on surrogacy and one on other elements of assisted human reproduction rather than trying to put everything into the one Bill?