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

That is a very interesting point. People are potentially facing legal battles at a time of their lives when they are up in the middle of the night. The last thing that one wants to do in such circumstances is dig out one's work clothes and make one's way to court.

An issue that was discussed here on a previous occasion, and which is being discussed in other fora, is surrogacy. Very valid issues have been raised about the potential coercion of women, particularly vulnerable women or those from a disadvantaged background. Will the witnesses speak about the potential protections for women that we, as legislators, can put in place? Nobody in this room or outside it wants to be responsible for a situation where we assent to the coercion of vulnerable women outside or within this State. How can we legally provide those protections? Nobody wants that to be an unintended consequence.