Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 28:

In page 18, after line 38, to insert the following:

“(6) A reference in this Act to a single intending parent includes a reference to a surviving intending parent referred to in section 51(3) or 86(2)(b)(i), as appropriate.”.

Amendments Nos. 28 and 104 seek to provide that any reference to a single intending parent includes the surviving partner in a couple who were involved in a surrogacy agreement but one of whom died subsequent to any relevant embryo transfer. I wish to flag that this particular issue is being looked at again by the three Departments and the Office of the Attorney General. We want to make sure before Report Stage that this provision is consistent with those in the rest of the Bill and aligns with other legislation.