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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: We will now move on to Senator Seery Kearney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: That is an important conversation to have. I was also surprised by the previous contribution. There has to be a workaround that protects the right to privacy along with the right to identity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I am giving Deputy Costello the look.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: It would be very difficult to control or enforce something like that if it were an international situation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I am going to refer to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill and the fact that it only covers domestic surrogacies and not international ones. That Bill is going through the system. Have our guests any comments as to how they would feel if the Bill goes through without recognising international surrogacy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms de Boer-Buquicchio.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms de Boer-Buquicchio very much. I will come in briefly because I want to clarify the question I raised earlier about the birth certificate and the balancing between the rights of a child to his or her identity and the rights to non-discrimination. Because surrogacy is one of those issues about which people hold passionate and often quite divergent views, there would be a risk that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: The Senator has three and a half minutes for this slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I agree; the status quois not acceptable on any level. It is an issue that needs to be addressed. I thank both witnesses for giving us their expertise and thoughts. We will suspend the meeting to allow our next witnesses come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I welcome everyone to our second session, in which we will resume consideration of protecting the right of the child to his or her history and identity, including his or her genetic, gestational and social origins, and ensuring that existing children born through international surrogacy arrangements can exercise their right to their history and identity, including their genetic, gestational...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Roberts very much. I now call on Ms Rowley-Smith to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank Ms Rowley-Smith very much for her contribution and call on Ms Baldwin to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Before moving to questions, I recognise that it can be difficult to relay stories like theirs, so we appreciate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: I want to clarify something. It is correct that Sarah Dingle is not a child born from surrogacy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: She is not a child born from surrogacy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Perhaps Ms Rowley-Smith and Ms Baldwin want to come in on that. With regard to the voices on the committee, we have worked together to ensure that we have a wide range of voices incorporated, and they are discussions and decisions of the committee. I would not expect the witnesses to have any comments on that. However, given the comments on Sarah Dingle, that aspect would be interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Would Ms Baldwin like to try to come in again and see whether we can get her microphone working? Does she want to take out her headset, perhaps? We will come back to her to see if we can resolve that. We will move on to Deputy Funchion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Does Ms Baldwin want to try to see if she can get her microphone going?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Preventing the Sale, Exploitation and Trafficking of Children: Discussion (19 May 2022)
Jennifer Whitmore: Perfect.