Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Murnane O'Connor for raising the issue and thereby providing the opportunity to discuss the matter in the House today. The Minister and the officials are acutely aware of how necessary the AHR Bill is and how eagerly some form of additional support for accessing AHR treatments is anticipated. Officials in the Department of Health will continue to work with the Office of the Attorney General and the HSE as required to ensure that the drafting of the AHR legislation, the preparation for the relevant service arrangements regarding the model of care for infertility and the development of specific eligibility arrangements can all proceed in line with each other to allow for the timely commencement of the legislation.