Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

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

9:00 am

Professor Deirdre Madden:

On the maintenance of up-to-date health information on the donor, I agree with the Senator and think there should be an obligation on clinics to maintain it insofar as they can. Obviously, there may be situations where, despite their best efforts, they are unable to maintain contact with donors, but there should certainly be an obligation on them to do so insofar as they can. It is important that children born through donor-conception and their parents have access to that information, as required, to help them to deal with medical issues that might arise. Therefore, I agree with the Senator in that regard.

Was there a second question?

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