Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Kirsty Horsey:

I believe this is in adoption law. I ask Ms Gamble to tell me whether I am correct that there is a provision for a judge to put aside consent where it is deemed to be unreasonably withheld. Obviously "unreasonably withheld" is a subjective term. There are tests already used in adoption law for this. I presume it would be a very tight test and it would not be just because people think on a whim that a case should go through.

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