Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, like many other Deputies and Senators, I joined outside Leinster House a number of parents of children born through surrogacy who are looking for the most basic of rights for those children to be recognised, namely, the right to a family. They expressed their shock and dismay at some of the proposals coming forward. We have a special rapporteur on children who has recommended creating clear pathways for parenthood. When will the Government follow through on those recommendations? When will these families get a pathway to parenthood, recognition of international surrogacy and retrospective recognition?

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