Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are creating a situation that is not typically available in many other European countries according to PhD research.

Amendment No. 27, which has been tabled by Senators Mullen and Quinn is reasonable. It states: "A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure other than on the request of intending parents who are legally married to one another or in a civil partnership with one another or in a cohabiting relationship with one another." Regulation of cases where the donor of sperm, eggs or even an embryo is a relative of one of the intending parents is missing. This is critical. Can the Minister explain why there are no restrictions in this regard to prevent the deliberate procreation of a child in circumstances where the structure of his or her family and extended family as a matter of law will directly contradict that structure as a matter of nature and biology?

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