Proposed surrogacy laws ‘does not create’ legal recognition of child and parents

Proposed legislation to regulate surrogacy in Ireland does create a mechanism to recognise children as the legal children of both parents, a committee has been told (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Proposed legislation to regulate surrogacy in Ireland does create a mechanism to recognise children as the legal children of both parents, a committee has been told.

Ciara Merrigan, chair of Irish Families Through Surrogacy, said there is a “big gap” in the current proposed legislation which does not allow for a legal parent-child relationship to be established.