Assisted Human Reproduction
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Pádraig Rice (SD), Cork South-Central

I do think it is a situation of the Government's making. People absolutely have the right to take cases but people do not want to go before the courts. These families do not want to have the legal costs and the stress imposed on them by going before the courts. I think the Minister would agree with me that we need to expand personal freedoms generally in this republic. We need to vindicate the right to procreation, the right to private and family life and reproductive freedoms. There is much work left to be done, in particular the rights of the child, the rights of their parents and greater equality more broadly. This is a key part of that. I really hope that we get this legislation enacted and commenced, and that we are not waiting and waiting because we have waited long enough.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21