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

I dealt with this issue previously and said then that the prohibition is so phrased that if intending parents are referred to a facility that provides anonymous gamete services, the operation would commit an offence, even if the referral was not in order to receive services using anonymous gametes. This is problematic because, clearly, many services do both and provide both anonymous or identifiable gametes. People could be referred for identifiable donations, but because of how this amendment is phrased, availing of that service would be an offence.