Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Professor Deirdre Madden:

Perhaps I am missing something but some of the issues that have been raised seem to be predicated on an assumption that the Irish law will not provide that information to children. The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015, which is already enacted in this country, provides that children will have access to the identity of their genetic parents. We seem to be spending a lot of time today talking about-----