Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Are we trying to establish the identity of a donor who would have made a donation on the basis of remaining anonymous? If so, can we legally do this? Can we legally enforce something where anonymity was part of the terms of the contract at the point of handover? It is important that every donor knows the power and the potential of what they are doing but I do not think a person who makes an anonymous donation of sperm or gametes is thinking of being a parent. They are not, yet the donation leads to a child so there is a huge responsibility in the donation process.

Can we enforce our rules in other countries who do not have similar rules? Can we do something through the EU? Can we request the information on file in a clinic which facilitated the donation where the donor at the time did not wish to be identified and only made it on the basis that it would be anonymous?

I do not know much about this but do we know the motivation of people to donate anonymously?