Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Select Committee on Health

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 69:

In page 34, to delete lines 6 to 11 and substitute the following: “(a) consent to the recording of information required under section 59(2), and

(b) confirm that he or she understands that, under the law of the State—
(i) he or she shall not be a parent of any child born as a result of such use of such donation,

(ii) the information specified in section 59(2) in relation to him or her shall be recorded on the National Surrogacy Register,

(iii) the child, when he or she becomes an adult (AHR), may access the information specified in section 69(2) and seek to contact the donor,

(iv) the information that the donor is entitled to obtain from the National Surrogacy Register is restricted to the information specified in section 67(2),

(v) having regard to the child’s right to know his or her origins, it is desirable that the donor keep updated, in accordance with section 71, the information in relation to him or her that is recorded on the National Surrogacy Register, and

(vi) he or she has the right, in accordance with section 18(4), to revoke, or revoke and replace, such consent.”.

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