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 Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent)
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Leading on from that question, there is no situation where families will begin to be considered differently within the legislation.

If we cannot legislate for international surrogacy, what does that look like for some families? If we can create a framework here for domestic surrogacy, will that begin to cause complications for anybody who seeks international surrogacy in terms of being able to access the same laws under the legislation that will be drafted or will people be treated differently, which is not what somebody would want to see?