Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 47, line 27, to delete “three” and substitute “12”.

This group of amendments, amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, increases the minimum time period from three to 12 months between the time at which a clinic sends notification of non-payment for storage and that clinic being able to dispose of such stored materials, whether gametes, embryos or tissue. The change follows a good discussion that took place with Deputies on an amendment tabled on Committee Stage by Deputy Shortall. This amendment seeks to address exactly that. We got to a point where we agreed that the Bill as drafted was too restrictive. We believe the period of 12 months strikes a balance, as we discussed on Committee Stage.

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