Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I am happy to do that. I outlined some examples earlier.

Turning to the amendment on posthumous AHR, why is it that that is available only to women? Recommendations were made, again by the committee, but as it stands the Bill allows for only surviving females to access posthumous AHR. I am not clear on what the justification is for the exclusion of surviving males, especially in circumstances where there is an existing child, one of the partners has died, there is a desire to have a second child and the deceased has given consent. In those circumstances, why are we restricting posthumous AHR to women? Furthermore, the pre-legislative scrutiny report found this provision was inconsistent.