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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: As there is no need to say much, I will do not do so. On the accusations of prejudice, how can anyone know what is going on in another person's heart or mind? I contrast Senator Conway's generous-----

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: The bottom line is that while the amendment is very good in so far it goes, it is modest and timid on giving children what they deserve from these circumstances.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I do not intend to speak to my amendment similar to that of Senator Walsh on inheritable diseases as he addressed eloquently the same issues. I ask the Minister to clarify. Is it the case that a person who is donor conceived might never discover that fact if he or she does not go looking for that information? If that scenario is possible, is it that their parents do not inform them? At...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Perhaps the Minister answered this indirectly or perhaps I did not hear the response, but will she clarify the question I asked as to whether it is the case that under the law a person may never find out the truth about his or her origins or may not find out until in his or her 40s or 50s? Is that the case under the proposed law?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Does the Minister acknowledge she is legislating for the potential a child will never find out?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 19: In page 23, line 30, to delete "any".I will not keep the House long with this one.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: This is where the law will provide for the "payment of reasonable expenses" to the donor. Section 19(3) provides: In this section, "reasonable expenses" means, in relation to a donor, the donor’s—(a) travel costs, (b) medical expenses, and (c) any legal or counselling costs,incurred by him or her in relation to the provision of the gamete or, as the case may be, the giving...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: We sympathise with her.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I have not understood the reply of the Minister. Is she saying that, without the word "any", it would be broader or less broad in terms of what could be claimed for?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Without the word "any"?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Surely, any legal or counselling costs means that anything can get in as legal or counselling costs.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: That "if" does not require that "any", if I may say so.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I do not intend to detain the House any more at this point. We may return to the matter on Report Stage when I have read the response.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 29: In page 28, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“(4) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure unless account has been taken of the welfare and best interests of any child who may be born as a result of the treatment.”.This amendment, as do they all, has to do with the welfare of the child. The text to be inserted would read "A person...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I thank an tAire for her response. I can hardly fault the Minister any further for departing from the best interests of children in this section, given the criticism I have of the Bill as a whole. Nonetheless, I thank her for her response and will consider it when deciding whether to resubmit this amendment on Report Stage.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Not at this point.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: We all know socially what we would think of a person who had quite irresponsibly fathered a lot of children and abandoned any responsibility in terms of maintenance and so forth. By contrast, Lars from Denmark seems to escape requirements for maintenance. It appears that there is no limit on how many children he might have. It raises all kinds of health questions into the future,...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: It is like "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister keeps saying that other matters remain to be dealt with in more broadly encompassing assisted human reproduction legislation. I think we can at least infer that it is not proposed to prohibit donor-assisted human reproduction later in the year. That is why I believe a big policy decision is being made in this legislation. Could the Minister clarify what she means by "it will...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Or individuals, I presume. They do not have to be families, presumably.