Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion

10:40 am

Dr. Edgar Mocanu:

The European Parliament produced a document in 2013 entitled A Comparative Study on the Regime of Surrogacy in EU Member States, which contains a table showing the costs to parents of surrogacy arrangements in several countries. In Greece, for example, the average cost is €14,000 to €50,000; in the Netherlands it is €7,500; in the UK it is €11,780; and in France it is €70,000. Countries in which surrogate mothers are found include the UK, Belgium and Greece, as well as the United States, Canada, Ukraine, India and Russia.

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