Mrs. Una Fannon:

I might add that the Department would not encounter every international surrogacy case because we only deal with cases where the child needs an ETC from the Irish authorities. There are jurisdictions where the child can get a passport locally in the country in which the child is born, and this may arise in such cases. In terms of our process, however, the consent of the surrogate mother, and her husband if necessary, is crucial to the process.