Mr. Colm McGennis:

We have taken our cue on this from the Attorney General. I suppose it is registration, to a large extent, that is involved here, notwithstanding that there is the period after this before a parental order can be made. I take Deputy Shortall's point. Perhaps the best thing we could do is to go back to the Attorney General and get Deputy Shortall a more comprehensive note on this particular aspect. It is tied in with other things about the non-enforceability of a surrogacy agreement. We are not proposing a model of pre-birth transfer of parentage for various reasons. It is mixed in with this. The best thing to do would be to get proper clarification from the Attorney General.