Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion

Photo of Sharon KeoganSharon Keogan (Independent)
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Guardianship, and I speak as a foster mother, does have challenges. Even to go outside the jurisdiction, to go up North, you have to have permission to take the child out of the Irish jurisdiction, so it can be difficult. How are the birth mothers of the surrogates looked after emotionally after giving birth to a child?