Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for their opening statements and contributions and I thank Ms Gamble for the briefing document, which I appreciated. There are more than 67 million people residing in the UK. Much of the argument for the need for international surrogacy in Ireland comes down to population and the fact there would not be the same availability of people willing to be surrogate mothers here. When I consider the population of the UK, I wonder why people are travelling. I would appreciate our guests' input on that matter.