Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In that regard, the reason for surrogacy, certainly for heterosexual couples, is generally because the woman cannot carry a child to full term. In a second relationship, the father may go on to have other children. In that regard, I have seen the role and access of the mother diminishing as siblings are born and that where there is a very strong bond and attachment between the mother and child, there is a loss the child experiences as the mother cannot go in and argue her access rights because she is afraid. My view is that the Judiciary would be very sympathetic in such a situation, but who would want to be the mother to test that? The impact of that on the child and the possible confusion for the child would be significant.