Amendment to assisted reproduction legislation in Ireland

Amendments to the Health (Assisted Reproduction) Bill 2022 have been approved by the Government.

 

This includes new provisions relating to the regulation of international surrogacy agreements and the recognition of certain past surrogacy arrangements.

 

This legislation will encompass regulation on a wide range of practices undertaken in this jurisdiction, according to Minister Stephen Donnelly, including: gamete and embryo donation for assisted human reproduction (AHR) and research; domestic altruistic surrogacy; pre-implantation genetic testing of embryos; posthumous assisted human reproduction; and embryo and stem cell research.

 

Minister Donnelly said: “For many families around the country, progress on this legislation is an important and much welcomed milestone."