Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 46:

In page 26, lines 7 to 13, to delete all words from and including “(1) Subject” in line 7 down to

and including line 13 and substitute the following: “(1) (a) An AHR treatment provider shall not provide relevant AHR treatment to a person

seeking such treatment unless the provider is satisfied that the person and the relevant person have received AHR counselling in relation to such treatment.

(b) In paragraph (a), “relevant AHR treatment” means AHR treatment—

(i) involving the making or the use of—

(I) a relevant donation (E), or

(II) a relevant donation (G),

(ii) involving the provision of PAHR, or

(iii) involving surrogacy.

(2) (a) An AHR treatment provider shall inform any person seeking AHR treatment (not being relevant AHR treatment within the meaning of subsection (1)) that the person may, if he or she so wishes, receive AHR counselling as regards such treatment.

(b) The information referred to in paragraph (a) shall be in the specified form.

(3) Where an AHR counsellor is providing AHR counselling to two intending parents, he or she shall offer the counselling to the parents individually, together as a couple, or both.”.