Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Creates new regulatory authority (AHRRA) to license and oversee all assisted human reproduction treatment providers and embryonic stem cell researchers operating in Ireland.
• Sets legal framework for domestic surrogacy: gestational only, non-commercial, requires genetic link to at least one parent, and must be approved by AHRRA in advance.
• Establishes persons born via assisted reproduction have rights to access information about their origins; sets storage limits (10 years) for gametes and embryos unless extended.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Mar 2022
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   10 Mar 2022
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Mar 2024
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Mar 2024
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   29 May 2024
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   29 May 2024
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   26 Jun 2024
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   26 Jun 2024
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   26 Jun 2024
10. Enacted

    2 Jul 2024

Debates

• Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages 26 Jun 2024 ↗
• Committee Stage 20 Jun 2024 ↗
• Second Stage 13 Jun 2024 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 29 May 2024 ↗
• Second Stage 23 Mar 2022 ↗

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