A General Scheme of legislation dealing with Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) and Surrogacy is being worked on in the Department of Health and should be ready by June according to Minister for Health, Simon Harris. He told the Dáil that the legislation “will regulate a range of practices for the first time, including: gamete (sperm or egg) and embryo donation for AHR and research; surrogacy; pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of embryos; posthumous assisted reproduction; and stem cell research”. Once the General Scheme is completed, it will be submitted to the Government for cabinet approval and then on to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health for pre-legislative scrutiny.