Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy

Issues relating to International Surrogacy Arrangements and Achieving Parental Recognition: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Sharon KeoganSharon Keogan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I suppose nobody wants ghost children in this State. Nobody wants ghost mothers or parents. We want to give people their full, true identity. I do not want to say legal ownership, because I do not want to commodify children. I do not want to say that. I just do not like that at all, in truth. We just do not want to have ghost children in our State. We need to learn from the mistakes we made years ago in this country. Whatever legal framework to protect the children that are here today and going forward, we need to put in place. I understand the need to do that.

I am sorry that I have to leave now, but I appreciate all of the witnesses’ statements. I hope they know where I am coming from as a concerned member of this committee.

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