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

Reference was made to the emergency provision for a surrogate. I fully accept that it is most unlikely that this would happen but nobody wants to discuss legislation that will not work. We want to try to get it right if we can. Dr. Bracken referred to the emergency provision for a surrogate who may change her mind. Presumably, that would involve a legal case. We could talk about models of best practice and where some country is getting it right. It would be a good idea if we could look at that. However unlikely it is, it may be necessary to legislate for it because there are people - I am not one of them but that makes no difference - who believe that this is a very important matter and we need to provide for it in legislation. Are there models of best practice in this area? I do not like to hear it being called an emergency provision because that sounds like everyone would just jump into a car and go to the High Court. Is there anywhere we could look at where such a measure has been included and has worked?