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

Jim Walsh: There is a range of-----

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment. It is a straightforward and self-evident amendment because all it requires is that the people carrying out the procedure would have to take into account what they regard as the welfare and the best interests of any child. If that is not the case, there are other interests they will take into account and the child's interests is not factored into this at all, despite...

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

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 41: In page 28, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“(c) the operator of a DAHR facility is certain that the use of the gamete would not exceed the limit on the number of children who may be born as a result of donor gametes from one individual donor. That limit should be a maximum of three births per individual donor.”.I presume the answer to...

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

Jim Walsh: I am astonished to hear the Minister give that response because, effectively, what she is saying is that it is up to the facilities to make that decision. The Minister is neutral and does not care how many they produce. If the number is three to four currently, she should have absolutely no compunction or no reservation about accepting an amendment which will put a limit on a statutory...

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

Jim Walsh: I will let the Minister respond if she wishes to do so.

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

Jim Walsh: Will the Minister respond?

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment.

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment.

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

Jim Walsh: The more we go into the detail of this, the more it becomes obvious - even though the Minister, her officials and the Government side are in denial - that we are ill-prepared for what we are doing. It has not been fully thought out. The most serious ethical, legal and other considerations are being raised. That is why other countries have taken a much more cautious approach to this by...

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment. Will the Minister respond to the concern raised by the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as well as a number of psychologists that it may be preferable for people conceived by assisted human reproduction to obtain information about their identity before reaching the age of 18 years? I have raised this issue on a number of occasions but the Minister has...

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment.

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

Jim Walsh: I move amendment No. 58: In page 35, lines 35 to 37, to delete all words from and including "(1) A" in line 35 down to and including line 37 and substitute the following:"(1) A donor-conceived child who has attained the age of 18 years may request from the Minister the name, date of birth, contact details and up-to-date full medicalhistory of a relevant donor, as recorded and updated in the...

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

Jim Walsh: This amendment states that "A donor-conceived child who has attained the age of 18 years may request from the Minister the name, date of birth, contact details and up-to-date full medical history of a relevant donor, as recorded and updated in the Register." It adds to the section in question the provision that the up-to-date full medical history of a relevant donor be kept updated in the...

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

Jim Walsh: If the well-being of the child is predicated on contacting the donor we are abdicating our responsibilities as a State in the architecture we are providing around DAHR. While some eggs may come from India, most come from Ukraine. How will the information be updated if it relates to a student living in Kiev or Donetsk?That student living in accommodation can be screened at the age of 18 to...

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

Jim Walsh: Will the Minister reply?

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

Jim Walsh: I am happy to support this amendment which has been well thought out. The arguments have been well made made by Senators Averil Power and Jillian van Turnhout. I would probably have gone a step further in regard to section (4B)(b) which states in reference to the father: "the father has been registered in a register of births as father of the child". I would have included the words "or has...

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

Jim Walsh: On a point of order, once amendments have been spoken to, are they not the property of the House? They are good amendments and I would like to press amendment No. 69. This happened previously so there is a precedent. I object to the withdrawal of amendment No. 69.

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

Jim Walsh: If amendment No. 69 is withdrawn, do we have a right to press it?

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

Jim Walsh: I am happy to move it.

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

Jim Walsh: I second the amendment. This echoes everything I have said on Second and Committee Stages, that is, the right a child has to its mother and father. I have quoted various people on that issue. What prompted me to table amendment No. 94 is that it is well recognised, even though the Minister is inclined to deny it, that a child does have a right - we talk about rights of identity but it is...