Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I asked about the commitments made in terms of the €1 million fund to assist couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation, IVF, in 2017. Many couples who are in very straitened financial circumstances and who are going through a lot of anxiety and stress were promised this funding. There can be nothing more cruel than to raise expectations for many couples and not to follow through or deliver the funding and the legislation, the proposed assisted human reproduction Bill. Can the Minister for Health give some indication of why the funding has not been drawn down or allocated?

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