Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent)
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If the surrogate mother runs into difficulties during her pregnancy, which mean she could not have any further children, would that create a precedent whereby she could try to have parentage applied to herself, having previously agreed not to do so, because of that particular medical circumstance?