Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is where the law will provide for the "payment of reasonable expenses" to the donor. Section 19(3) provides:

In this section, "reasonable expenses" means, in relation to a donor, the donor’s—(a) travel costs,

(b) medical expenses, and

(c) any legal or counselling costs,incurred by him or her in relation to the provision of the gamete or, as the case may be, the giving of consent under this Part.

I do not know why the word "any" is included in section 19(3)(c). I am proposing its deletion to avoid the incurring of spurious legal and counselling costs in a way that would inflate what amounts to reasonable expenses. In other words, I am seeking to prevent commercialism by the back door. I do not think the word "any" is needed in section 19(3)(c). That adjective is not used to qualify travel costs or medical expenses as provided for in sections 19(3)(a) and 19(3)(b).I don not see why it is being inserted here and I propose, for the avoidance of doubt at the very least, that it be removed.