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Introduction- 

Commonly surrogacy is a method through which a couple becomes a parent of a child, with a surrogate mother carrying another male’s child. The surrogate mother can get pregnant through artificial methods. A female carries the child on behalf of a couple and will hand over the child to the respective couple with whom she has made an agreement or contract. People have different reasons who seek a surrogacy arrangement, such as infertility, a critical medical condition that makes it dangerous or somewhere impossible for the female to give birth, couples of the same gender who want to spend their life together and expand their family, or the single individual who want a child.

Methods of Surrogacy-

Surrogacy can take place using various methods such as-

• By combining the mother’s egg and the father’s sperm.
• By combining the mother’s egg and donor sperm.
• By combining the surrogate mother’s egg and the father’s sperm.
• Donor sperm and egg or donor embryo.
• By combining donor egg and father’s sperm.

Surrogacy can take place using artificial insemination (AI) or In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) techniques. Surrogacy treatment may be entered into Ireland. Surrogacy in Ireland is based on two common methods. IVF and adoption are two of the most common options used in Ireland when the parents cannot have babies naturally. IVF is not always successful.

The adoption lists of waiting are long, and the process of adoption is complex that the intended parents need to look for other options to expand their own family. The intended couples or singles who seek a surrogacy arrangement to expand their family go to other countries like Canada, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. Ukraine has the best facilities of surrogacy services in comparison to any other western country.

Laws Related To Surrogacy in Ireland-

A very small number of couples and singles use the help of a local surrogate. They try to find ways of doing the surrogacy work through the surrogacy clinics in Ireland. It is possible to make surrogacy arrangements, but either it would be needed to be using your surrogates own egg or host surrogacy, or you need to do IVF process. Still, it has to be done outside of the territory of Ireland. Surrogate houses in Ireland are not permitted according to current legislation to assist with in-country gestational surrogacy. It is necessary to protect rights and the rights of the child with the help of the Ireland surrogacy agency and get legal advice from Ireland and the surrogate’s host country.

Conclusion-

As far as now, there is no particular legislation to cover the legal issues arising from surrogacy. According to the recommendation made by the commission, a baby born through surrogacy should be considered the child of the commissioning parents. The proposal consists of important aspects such as minimum requirements to be a surrogate, legal status, which would be only applicable to surrogacy conducted within the boundaries of Ireland.