Oireachtas committee given three months to make surrogacy recommendations

The new Oireachtas Committee will report with recommendations within three months of its establishment, though there is the possibility that this timeframe could be extended. File Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

A special joint Oireachtas committee is being set up to examine the issues around surrogacy.

Amid ongoing discussions over the matter, Justice Minister Helen McEntee, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integrity and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, confirmed that they had been given Government approval to establish the committee.