Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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That is Ms O'Friel's interpretation. Children can often have very positive experiences and while I have seen the witnesses' submissions and am aware of where they are coming from, I believe, and I think the scientific community understands, that the longitudinal study is the only way we can get hard data on this. When Ms O'Friel talks about the effects of illegal surrogacy or ad hocarrangements, they are in the unregulated environment. Surely if it all happened in a cloak and dagger way, if someone went to America to get a donor egg or sperm, of course there would be collateral damage but in a regulated environment it seems logical that the outcomes will be better. There will not be this vacuum-----