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Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: -----under Standing Order 113 you are asked to leave the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Senator, you are being asked to leave the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 113.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Nobody is asking you to apologise to the committee-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: -----we are asking you to apologise to one of the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay, the meeting is suspended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: The meeting is suspended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I apologise to our witnesses on behalf of the committee. It is never our intention to be in any way hurtful, disrespectful or inappropriate. Of course, we are in Parliament where people will have different views and people will regularly debate those views, but always in a respectful and appropriate manner. That is the way any debate should be carried out. I also apologise to people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I call Senator Seery Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: No problem. I call Ms Bonnie to address Senator Seery Kearney's query regarding the issue of reproductive justice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Ms Cohalan want to share the questions? There is a question there for everybody. I am conscious that Ms von Meding has not had the opportunity to come in. Does she want to come first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Ms O'Connell wish to speak? Anybody who wants to jump in may do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: We are tight on time but I invite the witnesses to come back in on some of those points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Assisted Human Reproduction Coalition (21 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses. Unfortunately we are out of time. As I said at the beginning of the meeting, we appreciate the witnesses coming before the committee to tell their very personal stories. I was delighted to hear Mr. Kenny Moore mention the Canadian model. He spoke about it at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and I...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I recently undertook a cost of childcare survey, with parents sharing their experiences. I raise that because I was somewhat taken aback when talking about that topic by how many people responded to talk about how much they are struggling in general with the cost of living and, in particular, they referenced the area of trying to meet the rising cost of...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: That is the fastest promotion I have ever got.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I have tabled amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive. We skipped ahead. It will be very brief. Are we coming back to those amendments?

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: That is fine. I saw amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, were grouped with other amendments.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: We are coming back to that. That is fine.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. I want to speak to this amendment because we had this discussion on Committee Stage. I welcome that this has been included. An important point was made about different arrangements. We have all heard various stories over the years. There were very formal arrangements, but there were also informal arrangements. It is important to be as inclusive as possible in the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I am delighted to see this amendment because we had several amendments that were similar and all kind of saying the same thing in respect of the timeframes and being restrictive. It is good to see it. A later amendment that I tabled can now be withdrawn on the basis of this amendment. We will see when we get there. It is good. I am glad the Minister has tabled the amendment because one...