Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Ó Tuama for that. We will finish up now. I thank all our witnesses for coming in today. Ms. Cohen's early start this morning was particularly impressive and I thank her for that. I find it very frustrating that in order to achieve progress and make changes in this country, especially in the lives of women, in the majority of cases, women often have to come to tell their stories and bare all. I appreciate how difficult it is for witnesses. We have had many parents of children born from surrogacy before us, and we expected each of them to tell us their very personal stories. I wish that did not have to happen but I thank the witnesses for doing it. Hopefully, we can take that valuable information and use it to come up with a very robust system we can progress to start meeting their needs. I also acknowledge Emma who is here today. She has a mighty sister, but I am sure she is very well aware of that. I thank you all for attending and engaging with the committee.