David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I said when the amendment emerged before, my information is that this situation is covered by consanguinity rules in other legislation. In any case, referring to the Portas case, what about it? Who gives a damn if he is his uncle, grandmother, father and daughter?It does not matter because no consanguinity rules were infringed in that case. I have only recently heard of Ms Portas, but she seems an admirable and efficient woman. Her brother donated sperm to her partner, so there is no genetic connection at all. There is no medical difficulty about that. I do not see any problem and if it is a question of nomenclature, "God, ugh!" is all I can say. I am not sure if one can spell that, so I will spell it out for the transcribers: "u-g-h" with an exclamation mark.