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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I would not agree with that at all.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: Yes, she is.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I have just a few observations to make. One can get married, go to war and vote at the age of 18. I do not see why one cannot become a parent. If, as Senator Mullen said, there are all kinds of indigent students wandering around who are prevailed upon for small amounts of money to provide those samples, that suggests, as I suggested earlier, that there is a fairly tendentious link between...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: It is a different process.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: But Senator Mullen was not listening so how does he know? He was talking to Senator Quinn.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: Senator Mullen does not listen anyway.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: How do you know?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I do not think this amendment is practical; it is simply a matter of practical realities. This is to do with sperm donors and I do not believe all of them will keep the information updated. I have to deal with the Trinity register in terms of the election-----

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: -----and an enormous amount of the mail we send goes missing because the people have changed address or whatever else. It is desirable to update information, but I do not believe we can make it mandatory. That would be foolish. I do not see specified anywhere - this would be more helpful - the information that is to be kept on the register. Presumably, this will be done by regulations,...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I am very happy to second the amendment. This is a significant amendment as there is a gap in the provisions as they stand. I spoke about this previously and have received correspondence from parents who are either in this situation or expect to be in this situation. The courts should have the right to assign parentage in this small number of cases. One mother who is expecting to find...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I would be a little suspicious if it was a "blob of golden sperm". That would require a biological examination.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I second the amendment. It seems to me that this is a very valuable source of information about inheritable diseases and genetic information. This information is much more valuable than the donor's current address and telephone number and so forth. This has a direct medical impact on the child and it is information which should be made available. I strongly support the inclusion of...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I understand from where Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh is coming, but I also have an understanding of the Minister's position which, I presume, is that she wants to regulate to ensure it is done properly and in accordance with best medical guidelines. I am interested in hearing what she has to say because I am divided in my mind, although I was happy to second the amendment in order that...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I will express surprise. I am not sure it is against the Standing Orders of the House, but there are two amendments which are alternatives which have been tabled by the same Senators. That seems daft. One should have one or the other. I do not see how one can have half a dozen. I would be interested in having a ruling on that issue. How many amendments can one have on the same issue and...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: The House did not agree.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: They should have been.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I am not seconding the amendment. It would restrict access to these procedures to married family persons.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: I am speaking because I was elected with an enormous majority. I received almost two quotas.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

David Norris: This amendment would remove single persons, same-sex couples and cohabiting couples. It would be a dreadful intrusion into people's private lives. I do not understand why someone would want to poke his or her nose into other people's private lives in this way. It is odd. I am not in the slightest interested in other people's private lives, except in so far as it relates to the law. I do...