Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 37:

In page 27, to delete lines 28 to 35, and in page 28, to delete lines 1 to 16 and substitute the following:"(2) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure other than on the request of intending parents who are legally married to one another.

(3) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure on the request of the intending parents unless—

(a) he or she has first obtained the following information in respect of the intending parents—

(i) his and her name,

(ii) his and her date of birth, and

(iii) his and her address and contact details,

and

(b) (i) the intending mother has consented under section 9to the parentage under section 5of a child born as a result of the procedure, and her declaration under section 9(1)(c)includes a statement referred to in section 9(3)(d)in respect of the husband, and

(ii) the husband has consented under section 11to being the parent, under section 5, of a child born as a result of the

procedure.".

As we have addressed the core issues, I do not need to say much about this amendment. On Committee Stage I drew the Minister's attention to the laws of various countries which were more restrictive on donor-assisted human reproduction. Obviously, she knows my position that a child's rights are not vindicated once donor-assisted human reproduction is involved. I would be interested in hearing what consideration was given to the law in countries such as Germany, Austria and Italy which is more restrictive on donor-assisted human reproduction and requires the procedure to be restricted to either a married male-female couple or a male-female couple in a committed relationshp and why the Minister thinks these countries have these laws.