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- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 51: In page 85, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) the giving, by a medical practitioner or medical practitioners (SJ), of medical advice in relation to any agreement or other arrangement.”. This amendment arises out of Committee Stage, and I had a similar amendment down. HR professionals raised concerns with me and...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 42: In page 67, line 28, to delete “(8)” and substitute “(7)”.
- 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. 43: In page 67, line 36, after “parents” to insert “or one of them”.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: What group are we on?
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are on individual amendments. It is amendment No. 43 now.
- 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. 44: In page 68, line 26, to delete “(2) and (5) ” and substitute “ (2) to (5)”.
- 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)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Amendments Nos. 45, 46, 65, 66, 75, 76, 81 and 82 are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 46 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 45; amendment No. 66 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 65; amendment No. 76 is a physical amendment to amendment No. 75; and amendment No. 82 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 81.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 45: In page 69, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: “(2) (a) The court may waive a requirement under subsection (1) for consent from an intending parent, in the case of two intending parents, if he or she— (i) is deceased, (ii) cannot be located after reasonable efforts have been made to find him or her, or (iii) lacks the...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
David Cullinane: We discussed this earlier, perhaps with officials or the Minister. When concerns were raised, that was the exact advice we got - that the Bill already deals with this. That there is now legal advice that says, hang on a second, we may well need to do something else, means we have to do it. All of those scenarios the Minister pointed out could happen. We always look at worst-case scenarios...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Róisín Shortall: I note the Minister's amendments to these sections include the phrase, "lacks the capacity to make decision in that regard". I ask the Minister to consider further grounds for waiving consent. I strongly argue that the best interests of the child must be the paramount consideration. The Minister referred earlier to this already forming part of the legislation but it is in the legislation...
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 37, 38, 57 and 58 are related and will be discussed together.
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 37: In page 61, line 12, to delete “pregnancy” and substitute “clinical pregnancy”. This grouping of four amendments relate to the addition of a definition of "clinical pregnancy" in the context of eligibility requirements of a perspective surrogate mother. The change is proposed on foot of Committee Stage amendments from Deputies...
- 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. 38: In page 61, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(b) In paragraph (a) - “clinical pregnancy” means a pregnancy not less than six weeks in gestation and in respect of which there is evidence of a gestational sac having been identified through an ultrasound scan;”.
- 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. 39: In page 61, line 13, to delete “(b) In paragraph (a),”.