Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Tony Holohan:

It will include all of those provisions that the Chairman has asked about. To deal with the last bit, the suitability assessment will be part of it in accordance with best clinical practice. One of the principles that we talked about will apply, that persons are appropriately selected and have a health profile.

On age, there are specific age parameters in the legislation for both males and females in respect of various aspects, whether it is for donation or whether it is for access to the services. Did Ms Luddy want to add to that?