Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 22, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following:"(3) The child to whom an application for a declaration under this section relates shall be joined as a party to the proceedings.".

These are amendments to sections allowing applications for a declaration of parentage in regard to a donor-conceived child. The amendment ensures that the child concerned is joined as a party to proceedings. This is in line with the provisions for declaration of parentage in other circumstances which require that the child concerned is a party to proceedings.

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