Dr. Brian Tobin:

I fully appreciate the practical consequences of us having no legislation even here today and of kicking it down the road. My suggestion was to try to get Departments on board to give us a domestic surrogacy regime that would help to mitigate people having to go abroad or us having to accept double standards if more people could do it at home.

In the briefing document, I hope I made it clear that where a domestic regime is restrictive and is discouraging, intended parents will continue to go abroad. I cannot see very many people at all wanting to avail of the domestic regime as described in Part 7. That is my take on it. That is where that recommendation is coming from. I promise the Senator that it is well intended.