Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Senator will probably accuse me of saying the same thing again but he asks the same question. The amendment would remove the word "any" from any legal or counselling expenses. This has already been discussed on Committee Stage as the Senator said. I explained then that the amendment would alter the nuanced meaning of the phrase which is intended to convey that in certain circumstances legal and counselling expenses may not arise, such as where the donors have already had counselling because they have themselves been undertaking assisted human reproduction. I have nothing further to add to that explanation.