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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Before I bring in some other contributors, will those present remove their phones from close to the microphones because there is interference with the recording of the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I now invite Deputies Murphy O'Mahony, Durkan and Swanick to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Before I bring in Senator Swanick, I wish to put a number of questions to the witnesses. With regard to couples who are trying to conceive and have not been successful, what criteria do the witnesses use before they initiate the process of assisted human reproduction? What are the common types of assisted human reproduction in Ireland? Is it both parents contributing, or it is an egg and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Is there any surrogacy in Ireland at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Dr. Kennedy might speak about the number of eggs that are created and transferred. He might also refer to the use of embryos for training and research purposes and the ethical dilemmas that this causes. He might also comment on the significance and importance of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. I call Senator Swanick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I call Dr. Wingfield.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Couples may present and say they have been trying to get pregnant and have a baby for the past two months, two years or five years. When would the referral for treatment be initiated as against dealing with the underlying causes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: What does the reference to training mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Does that present ethical dilemmas in terms of embryos created but not used? Is there an ethical issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Does Dr. Wingfield have a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: On our evolution - this is a philosophical question - we have evolved through natural selection but now human science and technology is beginning to interfere with the natural selection process. Are we now entering into an element of science fiction in the sense that we are now creating ourselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: The purpose of this committee is to hold a number of hearings and produce a report which will then be laid before the Houses and sent to the Minister. That is what we intend to do. If we can assist the witnesses in any way we will certainly do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: We will formulate a response. Do the witnesses have any further comments to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Professor Wingfield, Dr. Waterstone and Dr. Kennedy for coming through the Irish snow to be with us this morning.

Motor Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: Conor Pope's excellent article in The Irish Timeslast week stated the motor industry has let down the Irish consumer at almost every turn in recent years. First, it engaged in a reckless price war that left the balance sheet of too many companies in a ruinous state. Then, to make up for this shortcoming, it started hitting customers with massive price increases wildly out of line with...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: As a rural Deputy, my concern is how Project Ireland 2040 will improve the development of county towns and smaller centres of population, including our villages. This is a ten-year capital plan for bricks and mortar and a 20-year vision for national development in designing where people will live and work. I felt a little uneasy when I saw the media hype surrounding the launch of the two...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Appeals (22 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: 131. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal for ancillary State support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9031/18]

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to share time with Deputies Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae.

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and I thank Deputy McConalogue for bringing it forward. Suckler cow numbers nationwide have declined by 4% according to official statistics from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This comes on the back of vast expansion in the country's dairy sector, particularly after the removal of milk quotas in 2015, since when the dairy...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Michael Harty: My question relates to A Programme for a Partnership Government and, in particular, care of the elderly and hospital avoidance measures. The Versatis patch has been the subject of debate on the public airwaves for the past two weeks. The patches are being used off-licence, as are many other medications in Ireland. If medication was only to be used on licence, very little would be used....