Seanad debates
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The amendment would remove the word "any" from "any legal or counselling expenses". However, this would alter the nuanced meaning of the phrase, which is intended to convey that, in certain circumstances, legal and counselling expenses may not apply. For example, on the donation of an embryo, counselling expenses may not arise on the grounds that the donors have already undergone counselling as part of their own undertaking of assisted reproduction or donor-assisted reproduction. These would not be chargeable expenses just as the medical expenses are not chargeable under this section. Likewise, legal expenses may not arise depending on the circumstances of donation. This section, as drafted, allows for that.
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