Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 96:

In page 48, after line 37, to insert the following:

“Genetic counselling 49. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 17, an AHR treatment provider shall not provide any relevant AHR treatment to a person seeking such treatment unless the provider is satisfied that the person and the relevant person have received genetic counselling in relation to such treatment.

(2) Where PGT-A has been provided to a person and that treatment has resulted in the detection of a complex chromosomal abnormality, an AHR treatment provider shall not provide other AHR treatment (not being relevant AHR treatment or PGT-A) to the person unless the provider is satisfied that the person and the relevant person have received genetic counselling—

(a) subsequent to the provision of the PGT-A, and

(b) before the provision of the other AHR treatment.

(3) Where subsection (1) or (2) requires that genetic counselling be provided to two intending parents, the genetic counsellor shall offer the counselling to the parents individually, together as a couple, or both.

(4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), an AHR treatment provider shall not be, or hold out to be, a genetic counsellor.

(b) Paragraph (a) shall not be construed to prevent the AHR treatment provider from having a genetic counsellor as a member of the provider’s staff.

(5) In this section—

“relevant person”, in relation to a person seeking relevant AHR treatment or PGT-A, means, if such person is an intending parent, the other intending parent (if any);

“relevant AHR treatment” means AHR treatment (other than PGT-A) to which this Part applies.”.