Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would have concerns that a judicial process would be overly burdensome financially. Access to the law is expensive, and if we are to take this approach it will involve a very time-limited process. I am only teasing this out, but it might be better if the transfer of parentage took place before conception. There would not be a ticking clock or time pressure if that was the case.