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

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have a question on the safeguards. In the previous session we spoke about how to ensure there is an ethical process in place. The models we looked at would not be viable to assess entire jurisdictions. Perhaps it was to be done more on a case-by-case basis. There is a middle option whereby there is potential for assessing particular clinics to state they follow certain guidelines and that we as a State are comfortably with the ethical processes they have put in place. What are the comments of the witnesses on this? Do they see this as a practical solution? Is it feasible? What do they think about how we in this State can somehow accredit a process in another jurisdiction?

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