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:

The safeguards that are in place try to address that issue and to ensure people will not be exploited. DNA tests were very important in one of the cases. It is about ensuring that for whatever we want to enshrine in legislation, it will have those safeguards such that the rights of surrogates will be protected, that they are giving their consent and that there is not any sort of undue economic exploitation. The risks are there to see in regard to the safeguards we have in place.

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