Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 686: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to draft and publish legislation to regulate assisted human reproduction here in view of the fact that the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction report has been published since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32878/10]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Supreme Court of Ireland decided in the RvR (frozen embryos) case that the frozen embryos at issue in the case do not have the constitutional protection of Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution. My Department is currently developing policy proposals to regulate the area of Assisted Human Reproduction with the intention of finalising them by the end of this year or early next year; and the work involved in developing these proposals will examine and consider — among other things — the issues arising from the frozen embryos Supreme Court judgment.