Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We do provide some financial support, through the tax system, for example, where 20% of the cost of IVF services is tax deductible. Many of the medicines that are required for the process are made available on the drugs payment scheme and on the General Medical Services scheme.

There is some financial support, but it is much less than what is provided in other countries. My view is that as part of our normal medical services, we should provide IVF and assisted human reproduction to people who need it. The difficulty is that there is no legislation governing assisted human reproduction. It happens outside the law at present. It is neither illegal nor provided for in the law. An assisted human reproduction Bill is being drafted. We had expected the heads of the Bill by June, but unfortunately it now looks like we will not have them until later in the year.

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