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Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I am happy to be open to correction on this but my understanding of the process is that we will not be able to come back here because we are moving through the Bill. We can all submit for parts coming up in next while.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: What I would like to seek agreement on is Report Stage.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 28: In page 18, after line 38, to insert the following: “(6) A reference in this Act to a single intending parent includes a reference to a surviving intending parent referred to in section 51(3) or 86(2)(b)(i), as appropriate.”. Amendments Nos. 28 and 104 seek to provide that any reference to a single intending parent includes the surviving...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 30: In page 19, line 15, after “Expenditure” to insert “, National Development Plan Delivery”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 31: In page 19, line 18, after “Act” to insert “(other than in Part 11)”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. Given the complexity of the Bill and what we are trying to achieve, it is inevitable that some things will work well and some things will not work as well as we want them to work or there may be unforeseen circumstances, particularly some parts of this Bill like international surrogacy for which we believe Ireland will be the first country to legislate. Inevitably, there...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, line 10, to delete “both” and substitute “the”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 34: In page 20, line 12, to delete “use” and substitute “provision”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 35: In page 20, line 15, to delete “both” and substitute “the”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 36: In page 20, to delete line 17 and substitute the following: “(4) Subject to section 126(6), nothing in this Act shall be construed to prejudice the operation of the Act of 2007 or the Act of 2015.”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 37: In page 20, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(6) A reference in this Act to a surrogacy, not being a reference to a surrogacy in section 2 or 52(2), Part 8 or 11 or the long title to this Act, does not include a reference to a surrogacy to which Part 8 or 11 applies. (7) A reference in this Act to a surrogate mother, not being a...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: It has been considered. I might ask one of my officials to provide some more background.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank both Deputies for the amendments. I certainly agree with the intent. It is complex and it will be essential that the information provided is easy to understand and breaks everything down. On the back of receiving these two amendments, I have asked my Department to engage on this, most importantly with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, with a...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 41: In page 23, to delete lines 38 to 40, and in page 24, to delete lines 1 to 13. Amendments Nos. 41 and 69 in combination remove the requirement from section 14 for a donor in a surrogacy agreement to receive an AHR information document. Instead, they specify, in section 24, more detail on the important relevant aspects as part of such a donor's informed consent...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Will the Deputy repeat the last point she made?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Whatever the members prefer.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputies very much. I will come to some of the substance now but on a procedural note, we have moved into a discussion on surrogacy. My understanding was that we were going to try to do the assisted human reproduction bits in this session and then move to surrogacy in the next session. These are many of the pressing questions, however. I suggest that I give some short answers...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, and the surrogacy parts are later in the Bill.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: That is fair. The way we had intended to deal with it was section by section, so I accept that. Some of the issues that-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The substance of these questions is dealt with later on if colleagues are happy enough.