Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy
Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion
Mr. Andrew Munro:
It is about the kinds of safeguards we see here. DNA tests, for example, are very important to ensure there is a link. To move away from surrogacy for a moment, in the case of any good service a state tries to provide, there will always be people who try to abuse it. For instance, social welfare is fantastic for supporting people and transferring income, but a small proportion will try to abuse any system. Unfortunately, we have seen cases where the intended parents were exploited abroad by, as I referred to at the previous meeting, bad actors.
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