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- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 44, to delete lines 30 to 34 and substitute the following: “(a) an appropriate medical specialist has stated in the specified form that such child is due to undergo medical treatment which, in the opinion of the specialist— (i) is likely to cause a significant and irreversible impairment to the child’s fertility, and (ii)...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: The current draft of the Bill provides that children in very limited circumstances can participate in AHR, for example in egg donation, where a procedure or a progressive disorder - that is the terminology that was used in the original draft – is likely to cause infertility. As the Minister said, these amendments remove the references to "progressive disorder". I hear what the...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I also raise concerns about these two amendments. AHR professionals have expressed serious concern about these two amendments and the removal of the term “progressive disorders” from the Bill. It is accepted that such conditions are rare. However, because of rapid advances in genetics and other fields, fertility preservation is possible. I have also been advised of several...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1, 8, 24, 28, 39, 42, 44, 48, 59, 62, 67, 68, 70, 83, 87 and 88 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 14, line 9, to delete “228,” and substitute “228”. This group of 16 amendments is purely technical in nature and its acceptance would not have any policy implication for the Bill. The amendments variously seek to refine terminology, correct minor typographical and punctuation errors and update referencing.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 2, 36, 55, 56; are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 17, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “ “medical specialist” means a registered medical practitioner whose name is entered in the Specialist Division of the register of medical practitioners maintained by the Medical Council under section 43(2)(b) of the Act of 2007;”. This group of four amendments...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment agreed to
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 3, 33, 34, 43, 53, 54, 63, 73 and 78 are related and may be discussed together.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 22, to delete lines 20 and 21. This group of nine amendments relates to issues arising from the death of an intending parent in a surrogacy agreement. Amendment No. 3 deletes a cross-reference to provisions later in the Bill in section 53(3) which relate to a surviving intending parent in a surrogacy agreement applying for a parental order as a...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: If I am reading the amendments correctly, they provide that where two intending parents enter into an arrangement but one dies before the embryo transfer takes place, the previously given consent is considered revoked. I have been asked to ask the Minister whether any provision has been made, allowed or considered for intending parents to indicate ongoing consent in the event of a death so...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is right, if the embryo transfer has taken place. If the embryo transfer has not taken place they have to reapply essentially.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 4, 7, 50, 69, 71, 74 and 79 are related and may be discussed together.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 22, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(7) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prejudice the generality of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015.”. Amendment No. 4 introduces a catch-all provision to confirm that nothing in the Bill should be construed to prejudice the generality of the Assisted...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 25, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following: “(a) the current state of medical evidence as to— (i) the increase in the number, or the severity, or both, of risks (whether bodily or otherwise), and (ii) the likelihood of a successful outcome, associated with providing the relevant treatment to persons by reference to...