PET BioNews | October 13, 2025
The Irish Parliament’s Committee on Health called on the government to introduce legislation to legally recognize the parentage of Irish citizens who live abroad and had children via surrogacy.
Surrogacy legislation passes in Dáil but some LGBTQ+ parents left in “state of limbo”
GCN | May 30, 2024
Proposed legislation to govern assisted reproduction and surrogacy in Ireland passed through the lower house of the Irish legislature, but amendments that would regulate international surrogacy arrangements and parentage for LGBTQ+ families were not adopted.
Irish LGBTQ+ organisations respond to Pope’s call to ban surrogacy
Yahoo News | January 9, 2024
In a recent address, Pope Francis advocated for a worldwide ban on surrogacy arrangements. LGBTQ activists in Ireland objected to the Pope’s stance and reiterated their support for legislation to protect all involved in surrogacy arrangements.
Campaigners question how fully altruistic surrogacy will work
RTE | December 18, 2023
Some are concerned that new surrogacy legislation in Ireland will disadvantage same-sex couples or encourage pursuit of surrogacy in countries that lack adequate regulation.
Intended parents of surrogate-born children closer to being recognised in Ireland
Progress Educational Trust | December 18, 2023
Ireland’s legislation would not only make it easier for families having children via surrogacy to establish legal parentage, but it would also regulate gamete embryo donation for fertility treatment and research, preimplantation genetic testing, and stem cell research.
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Ministers approve plans to recognise international surrogacy for first time
The Irish Times | December 12, 2023
The Irish government passed legislation recognizing international surrogacy, both retrospectively and in the future. The law specifies a process intended parents must go through and a set of criteria for surrogacy arrangements. It also establishes a new regulatory agency.
Hannah McCarthy travels to Kenya and finds a growing number of surrogate cases there
The Journal | August 7, 2023
Surrogacy is booming in Kenya, and some Irish intended parents are turning there for services. But surrogates face health and other risks, and intended parents are not ensured easy transfer of legal parentage in either Kenya or Ireland.
Same-sex couples not eligible for Ireland’s new publicly-funded IVF scheme
GCN | July 25, 2023
Ireland will begin publicly funding IVF in September, but the program excludes same-sex couples and those using donor sperm or eggs. LGBTQ rights and other advocates are critiquing those and other eligibility requirements.
Irish-Ukraine surrogacy story backed by Netflix
RTE | June 13, 2023
Two Irish filmmakers received funding from Netflix to make a short documentary about an Irish mother who brought her Ukrainian surrogate and family to live with her own family after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The key theme of the film is “connection.”
Ireland considers new surrogacy legislation
New legislation on surrogacy in Ireland is anticipated to be drafted, debated, and enacted by July of this year. These articles explain key elements of the proposed law as well as perspectives from parents who are hopeful they will have more legal rights.
Parents worried new Irish law will continue to ban international surrogacy ‘by stealth’ by Ellen Coyne, The Irish Independent
Surrogacy legislation should be enacted by summer, says minister, RTE
Surrogacy in Ireland: Will new legislation solve the legal issues for children and families? by Sonya Bruen, Lexology
‘Kate is my daughter — but the State still does not recognise me as her mammy’ by Suzanne Grennan, Irish Examiner
‘Solid ground for optimism’ in surrogacy recognition – High Court by Vivienne, Traynor, RTE