Ms Sharon O'Shea:

The same as Ms Reid, my gut feeling on it is that Lucy should know her story but I would not like to have a piece of paper that can be turned over to get more information on this child. She will be told the information and that piece of paper should be separate from the birth certificate. It should be a separate legal document. I do not want to be handing over a birth certificate for something and have people turning it over. Why do others need to know more? It is about the child needing to know more, not the person who needs to look at a birth certificate.

Openness is key and a little more law around the whole thing will make the road for any new mammy or new surrogate a lot easier. Today's meeting is positive and I thank the committee for inviting us. We will go to the ends of the earth to help and if we can do anything else, we will. I thank the committee and wish all of the mammies all the best going forward.