Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have not touched on the issue of disability. This is something I might ask the Minister to assist me with. In the event that a child is the subject of a surrogacy contract or agreement and, in the course of the pregnancy, it emerges that the child has a disability, sadly in the world we now live in it is considered acceptable to end the life of that child where they have a disability in many jurisdictions, including our own, where the disability has a certain level of severity is it only the surrogate who may seek to have a termination of pregnancy? Is the surrogacy agreement in any way allowed to provide for consultation or input by the commissioning parents into any decision in that regard?