Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support Senator Crown's amendments. The question arises of somebody with cancer who may be unable to have a child due to radiation treatment. However, I should be concentrating on the question of anonymity. There is a difference between adopting a child who has been already born as a result of the activity of two separate people and deliberately setting out to create an embryo. There is no doubt that the absence of anonymity will seriously decrease the number of donations available. It is worrying when one thinks that a very small number of donors will provide all this material. Issues may arise in regard to consanguinity. It also may be the case that married couples, or whoever they are, would not welcome the intrusion of a third party into their relationship.

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