Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

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

Dr. Lydia Bracken:

With a known donor, prior to the laws coming into place, he technically is the legal father. It is more difficult to transfer rights from the existing legal father to the intended parents. It can certainly happen through a post-conception consent model as proposed in our submission. I am not aware of the exact policy reasons for it not being included but that is probably a good indication of it.

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