Ms Ciara Merrigan:

I thank Deputy Dillon for the question. The priority for Irish Families Through Surrogacy is the children that are here now, our children, those that are in the State. We are looking first for that pathway to parenthood for our own children and that this be done as a matter of urgency.

Second, we are looking for that ethical framework and for those safeguards to be put in place to safeguard everybody who will be involved in the process, namely, the child, our surrogate, and ourselves, the intended parents. I thank the Chair.