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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I assure Deputy Mac Lochlainn that the Department of Health has done a significant amount of background work on the wider issues that must be considered. The Deputy will appreciate that this is in effect new work. The Minister has given a commitment to produce heads of a Bill later this year. He intends to have a wide-ranging consultation, which will be welcomed. 11 o’clock I...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am happy to do that. Obviously, we have built a transition period of at least a year into the provisions of the Bill. I will certainly forward that to the Minister. Regulations are being made in respect of this part of the Bill. If it is feasible for something to be included on guidelines in respect of counselling I will certainly ask the Minister to do that.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 10:In page 13, line 23, to delete “DAHR facility” and substitute “donation facility”.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 11:In page 14, line 13, to delete “DAHR facility” and substitute “donation facility”.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 12:In page 15, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following:“Revocation of consent given under section 6 8. (1) Subject to this section, a donor of a gamete may, by notice in writing to the operator of the donation facility to which his or her declaration under section 6(1)(c)was made, revoke his or her consent under that section. (2) A revocation of...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 13:In page 16, lines 4 and 5, to delete “the donor referred to in paragraph (c)(i)” and substitute “a person who is, in relation to the child, a relevant donor”.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 14:In page 16, to delete lines 6 to 13 and substitute the following:“Revocation of consent given under section 9 10.(1) Subject to this section, an intending mother may, by notice in writing to the operator of the DAHR facility to which her declaration under section 9(1)(c)was made, revoke her consent under that section. (2) A revocation of consent under...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 15:In page 16, lines 15 to 21, to delete all words from and including “(1) This” in line 15 down to and including line 21 and substitute the following:"(1) A person, being the husband, civil partner or cohabitant of the intending mother concerned, consents under this section to be the parent, under section 5(1)(b), of a child born as a result of a DAHR...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 16:In page 17, line 16, to delete “the donor” and substitute “a person who is, in relation to the child, a relevant donor”.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 17:In page 17, to delete lines 18 to 25 and substitute the following:“Revocation of consent given under section 11 12. (1) Subject to this section, a person may, by notice in writing to the operator of the DAHR facility to which his or her declaration under section 11(2)(d)was made, revoke his or her consent under that section. (2) A revocation of consent under...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 18:In page 17, to delete lines 34 to 37, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 3, and substitute the following:"(ii) the donor of a gamete or embryo used in the DAHR procedure shall not be the parent of the child, (iii) the information specified in section 31(3)in respect of the intending parent or parents, the child and a person who is, in relation to the child, a...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 19:In page 18, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Consent to use of embryo in DAHR procedure 14.(1) Where-(a) an embryo is formed for the purposes of an assisted human reproduction procedure, and (b) the woman and man on whose request the assisted human reproduction procedure is to be performed do not wish for the embryo to be used in such a...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 20:In page 18, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Information to be provided for purposes of section 14 15.The operator of a DAHR facility shall, before a person makes a declaration under section 14(5)(b), inform him or her-—(a) that, in the event that he or she consents under section 14to the use of the embryo in a DAHR procedure-—(i)...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 21:In page 20, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following:"(a) in the event that he or she consents under section 14to the use of the embryo in a further DAHR procedure-—(i) he or she is entitled to seek the information referred to in section 32(2), and (ii) where such a further DAHR procedure is performed, he or she consents to the provision to the...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 22:In page 20, to delete lines 17 to 24 and substitute the following:“Revocation of consent given under section 14or 14 16.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a donor under section 14or 14of an embryo may, by notice in writing to the operator of the DAHR facility to which his or her declaration under section 14(5)(b)or section 14(5)(b), as the case may be, was made,...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 23:In page 20, line 30, to delete “section 14” and substitute “section 14or 14”.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 24:In page 21, line 33, to delete “enactments.” and substitute “enactments (within the meaning of that Act).”.These are minor drafting amendments to clarify the proper interpretation of the relevant terms: in the case of amendment No. 24, the term "repeals enactments" and in the case of amendment No. 82, the term "donor conceived child".

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 25:In page 22, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following:"(3) The child to whom an application for a declaration under this section relates shall be joined as a party to the proceedings.".These are amendments to sections allowing applications for a declaration of parentage in regard to a donor-conceived child. The amendment ensures that the child concerned is...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 26:In page 22, line 25, to delete "in the prescribed manner".These are minor drafting amendments to remove references to the making of rules of court. This is covered by section 24 of the Interpretation Act 2005 and there is no requirement to make express provision for rules of court.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 27:In page 22, lines 39 and 40, to delete "shall be in a form to be prescribed by rules of court and".