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Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is exactly the reason. There is no genetic link. The surrogate carried the baby, but does that confer on her a legal right? From where does that assumption come?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: No, it is not. It was.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Where has that been established?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am contesting that point in a surrogacy situation where there is no genetic link-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: -----between the baby and the birth mother.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is an assumption.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect to the Minister, it is easy to say, "She absolutely is." What is that based on? That is my point. That has been adjudicated on in recent times in the Supreme Court judgment when the court was asked about the registration of the birth. That was the only basis on which a legal right was regarded as existing. That is not the case in respect of the legal parentage of...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: On which the assumption is based.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: May I address that first? We need the note well in advance of the next session on this Bill.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: We will wait for a legal note on this.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Would the Chair mind holding on for a second? Are we still on section 63?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Are we discussing the entire group?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: What is the debate on? Does it not go down to the next line?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of order, I think there is a problem with the presentation of these groupings. It is hard to figure out where they start and end. My assumption is that each group ends with a semi-colon. I am sorry this sounds very pedantic, but all the text of amendments Nos. 141 and 143 seems to be included, and then the next three lines.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The presentation of this is very confusing. Does the Cathaoirleach know what I mean? It would seem that the end of a grouping is marked by a semi-colon. Is that the Minister's understanding as well?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. I am talking about the groupings.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Another point I wish to raise regarding amendment No. 97, regarding residency requirements, which is in this group-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 94: In paragraph (c), to delete “indicated” and substitute “diagnosed”.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 96: In subsection (2), line 3, to delete “PGT-A” and substitute “PGT for aneuploidy”.