Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion

Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

I will invite Mr. McGennis to contribute on that. We did not intend to convey what the Deputy implied we conveyed. We recognise that international surrogacy matters are also urgent. What we were saying was that we are behind in providing the regulation and appropriate environment for surrogacy and AHR domestically. There is good international practice from which we have learned and this is reflected in the legislation going through the Oireachtas. We were not saying there was no urgency but that the path forward for international surrogacy was not at all as clear-cut as might have been envisaged. I was not saying there were no lessons. We will all rummage, research and supply notes on it. The point was not to diminish our recognition of the urgency of international surrogacy matters by comparison with domestic surrogacy matters. Does Mr. McGennis have the numbers? If not, we can follow up on them.

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