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

I move amendment No. 31:

In page 24, to delete lines 16 to 19 and substitute the following:"(2) The operator of a DAHR facility shall not acquire an embryo for use in a DAHR procedure or a further DAHR procedure unless, at the time of such acquisition, he or she also acquires the information specified in subsection (3)in respect of--

(a) the donor or, as the case may be, each donor of the embryo who provided a gamete that was used in the formation of the embryo, and

(b) where applicable, the donor of a gamete that was used in the formation of the embryo.".

This is an amendment signalled on Committee Stage. It takes account of the fact that, in some cases, an embryo donor may have no genetic connection with an embryo because the embryo is itself formed using donor gametes. The effect of the amendment is to ensure that the details of that original donor may also be recorded on the national donor-conceived person register in order to fully safeguard the child's right to know his or her genetic identity. That is a key principle throughout this Bill - namely, that the child has a right to information about its genetic identity.

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