David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have just a few observations to make. One can get married, go to war and vote at the age of 18. I do not see why one cannot become a parent. If, as Senator Mullen said, there are all kinds of indigent students wandering around who are prevailed upon for small amounts of money to provide those samples, that suggests, as I suggested earlier, that there is a fairly tendentious link between a sperm donor and the child. That seems to me to be pretty obvious. If one just donates sperm for a few bob because one is an impecunious student then I do not see that there should be such a close relationship. I do not agree with the amendment.