Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the stressful situation in which some same-sex parents find themselves in the absence of parental rights and recognition. The remaining sections in Parts 2, 3 and 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 need to be implemented to ensure both parents are recognised as parents of their children. Along with this, the general scheme of the assisted human reproduction Bill 2017, which has been considered by joint committee, seems to have stalled. Action is needed on the Bill to support these parents.

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