Alan Shatter
Question:8 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide details of his recent communication to the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1, regarding their embryo freezing programme and the reply, if any, received; the communication, if any, there has been between him, his Department and the medical director of Bourn Hall and those involved with the Clane clinic regarding the subject of embryo freezing; when it is proposed to introduce legislation on the new scientific methods of reproduction, and the status of the children born by use of these methods. [14111/98]