Fertility experts treated as ‘window dressing’ during discussions on IVF

Fertility experts have accused the Department of Health of leaving them on the sidelines in discussions about long-awaited rules on assisted human reproduction.

Professionals working in reproductive medicine who attended a meeting at the department last summer were shocked that plans for the proposed legislation were at such an advanced stage.

Irish Fertility Society president John Waterstone said the meeting was merely a “window dressing” exercise.