Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 February 2004

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

On the issue of surrogate children, if, for example, the child is born in the United Kingdom, that child would be registered there. Given that we recognise British birth certificates, the involvement of the Ard Chláraitheoir is something we would query because the child has actually been registered and has a birth certificate. The Senator is talking about a child who has been adopted as a consequence or who has, perhaps, circumvented the legal——

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