Ms Marian ? Tuama:

The Deputy hit the nail on the head when she said that we are not great as a society at recognising how difficult some things are. We do have a habit of saying things like, "It could be worse", and there is not the recognition that things could also be better. It is very difficult to be in a position where things that other people can achieve easily are more difficult. That can be a very lonely place.

The absence of law around surrogacy means that people have to follow their own path and part of that means they end up paying for services like implications counselling and other supportive services rather than there being a way for the State to support them. We would welcome any assistance that the State would consider giving to families around that.