Campaigners hope for end to legal limbo for surrogate children 

Advocates point out legal anomalies — including , for instance, that the mother of a surrogate child cannot consent to let her child go on a school trip unless she has secured guardianship. Stock picture: iStock

Ireland is moving a step closer towards enshrining the legal status of hundreds of surrogate children and their parents in Irish law.

The Government has announced the establishment of a special Oireachtas committee to examine legislative provisions to provide for parental status in Ireland in international surrogacy arrangements.