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

Ms Tracy O'Keeffe:

What is important in the legalities of this is the biological parent being an Irish citizen at the time of the child's birth. If a non-biological intending parent is an Irish citizen then guardianship is not enough to confer citizenship on the child. Legal parentage is what is important.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.