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- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 12: In page 57, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(5) No single man shall be allowed to undertake surrogacy.".
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 13: In page 57, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(5) Life assurance must be provided to both the surrogate mother and the child by the commissioning parent. The commissioning parent is also required to list new guardians for their surrogate children in the event of their death.".
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 14: In page 57, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(5) Only green listed countries listed by the OECD and the DAC may be approved for international surrogacy arrangements covered by this legislation.".
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 15: In page 57, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(5) (a) No one who was convicted of a child sexual offence either in or outside the State shall be allowed to participate in or avail of surrogacy services. (b) No one who has engaged in a criminal offence against a surrogate mother shall be allowed to participate in or avail of a surrogacy service.".
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Vótáil.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: This is my first engagement with the Minister since The Irish Times reported us as having trading insults in this House. For the sake of any youth looking in, we should both agree that neither of us was insulting each other personally, even if we have been somewhat insulting of each other’s political point of view. In that regard, I commend the Minister on his tie today. Section...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Yes but we are at the point now of agreeing the section.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Before we move on from that section, I wish to ask the Minister about it. This is our last chance to ask him about it.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: By all means.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: But I have a question and I need an answer.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I realise this is very difficult and the Bill runs to almost 200 pages. This is why we really should have a separate Report Stage. If the Minister were to come back with something on this that would make me want to table a specific amendment on Report Stage, by passing such an amendment now, we are not likely to get to a Report Stage or certainly will not be in a position to table an...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: What would happen if the person who supplies the single genetic link dies after the embryo has been created? If a surrogacy arrangement has been made and the embryo has been created in the case of, let us say, a single intending parent who was obviously by definition the genetic parent of that child, what happens to the embryo in that situation?
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: If he does not, he is the one who dies and he is the single intending parent, what happens to the embryo?
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: If he is a single intending parent, it is his genetic child and the embryo is created, what happens if he dies? If a single male intending parent provides a genetic-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: He engages in a surrogacy-----
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: What happens to the embryo?
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: This is the section of the Bill that covers the safety of children. It states that: "The AHRRA shall not approve... unless it is satisfied... that the relevant person, and each other relevant person, does not present a potential significant risk of harm or neglect". This to some degree connects back to the amendment proposed by Senator Keogan and me that would have provided that: (a) No...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: As I was listening to Senator Seery Kearney, I wondered whether Tusla has an unblemished record when it comes to the vindication of children’s welfare and safety. That is a helpful question to ask, because in the view of many people, it does not. There are failures, and when we ask ourselves why there are failures, whether it is down to bad actors, the incompetence of the system or...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I am in no way playing the person rather than the ball. Senator Seery Kearney knows that I am sincere in my convictions around this issue. I speak for many people when I say that a child is entitled to be brought into the world by a father and a mother and where possible, by his or her own father and mother. It is not me, it is the Government, supported by Senator Seery Kearney, that is...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: That is a separate question.