What are you doing about it?

We did not ask you to.

They have run rings around you.

Delays will mean it is more costly-----

Give over.

We are holding you to account.

How pathetic is that?

That is pathetic.

Back off would be more like it. That is what the Government wants. This is crazy stuff.

That was really pathetic.

We did.

Another fact check coming.

More lies.

More lies.

We provided €6 million in our budget.

It was permanent, as well.

If I am reading the amendments correctly, they provide that where two intending parents enter into an arrangement but one dies before the embryo transfer takes place, the previously given consent is considered revoked. I have been asked to ask the Minister whether any provision has been made, allowed or considered for intending parents to indicate ongoing consent in the event of a death so that the remaining parent may continue with the surrogacy. Has consideration been given to a situation where one or both partie…

When we discussed this on Committee Stage, and there was lengthy discussion of this with the Minister's officials at briefings on this matter too, the concern that we had was that it could be perceived that providers were being asked to police access to services, so I welcome the fact that the wording here essentially says that the regulator must be satisfied on the basis of information available to them. I think that is sensible and logical and it answers for me the concerns I had. In any of these issues, where we…

Again, I raised concerns on Committee Stage, and on Second Stage, that the net loss of income was not covered under reasonable expenses so the fact that the Minister has agreed to that and that the amendments reflect that and use the terminology that was recommended in the various amendments by Members of the Opposition is very helpful. I thank the Minister for that and I will be supporting the amendments. I do want to say, however, that when I am looking at lots of the amendments, and we had lengthy conversations …

The current draft of the Bill provides that children in very limited circumstances can participate in AHR, for example in egg donation, where a procedure or a progressive disorder - that is the terminology that was used in the original draft – is likely to cause infertility. As the Minister said, these amendments remove the references to "progressive disorder". I hear what the Minister is saying that the advice he got is that it is more appropriate to make that decision based on the treatment rather than the disord…