Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Bracken. If we had more time, I would ask her further questions because I imagine that what she outlined would leave people in limbo in the context of medical decisions and so on post birth. Would there be any way of going down the pre-birth route but with a guarantee that if something were to go wrong, perhaps in the first few months, that could be changed? Unfortunately, we do not have time to go into all this but I wanted to put it out there.

A lot of complications arise if agreements are to be post-birth. We would still be stuck in the same kind of situation we are currently in, a situation we are trying to move away from. I will ask about the Canadian situation. I heard Senator Seery Kearney ask about it earlier. It was one of my questions because I have been looking into that area as well. Mr. Kenny Moore mentioned it last week and when he came before the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Does he have any additional information on that? He also made a point about potentially having a surrogate listed on the long form birth certificate. Does he see that as an optional process because I am conscious that many surrogates would not actually want to be on the birth certificate and do not see that role for themselves?