Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With respect, I really do appreciate that Dr. Tobin is setting out a pragmatic response to the situation. Both of the witnesses are doing so. I appreciate that that is not his intention. My concern is that there are flaws and gaps that have been left as a result of the Child and Family Relationships Act, which undermine same-sex couples in particular.

On the issue of reciprocal IVF, the domestic arrangements proposal is deeply flawed. We have had several people before the committee. No doubt, when this legislation proceeds to Committee Stage, that will become apparent. It is shocking that we had the report in 2005, in 2014 we had the Child and Family Relationships Act and in 2017 we had the original AHR legislation. Now we are in 2022. We cannot afford to have this postponed further.