International Surrogacy “international surrogacy”, in relation to a surrogacy jurisdiction, means a surrogacy agreement in the specified form— entered into by— a surrogate mother who has been habitually and lawfully resident in that jurisdiction for not less than two years immediately preceding her entering into the agreement, and ) either— both intending parents, not less than one of whom has been habitually and lawfully resident […]
Past Domestic Cases “Past domestic surrogacy” refers to a surrogacy agreement entered into before the relevant part of the 2024 Act commenced. For it to be domestic, the surrogate mother must have been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for at least one year (or a longer period if prescribed). The intending parents, or in the case of a single parent, the intending parent, […]
Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority The Minister may appoint a date for the establishment of the AHRRA. The Act lists the main functions of the AHRRA, including those related to the licensing of AHR treatment providers and research facilities, the publication and maintenance of codes of practice, and the maintenance of the National Donor-Conceived Person The AHRRA may enter into an agreement with another public […]
Introduction / Purpose of the 2024 Act The main purpose of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 is to put in place a regulatory framework in respect of the provision of assisted human reproduction (AHR) treatment and the undertaking of associated research. The 2024 Act provides for the establishment of the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority (AHRRA) which will be responsible primarily for the licensing […]
Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 The 2024 Act sets out the circumstances under which surrogacy may be permitted in Ireland. There is a framework for the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority AHRRA to provide pre- authorisation of a surrogacy agreement. The requirements a woman must meet in order for her to act as a surrogate in Ireland, include that she is at least 25, […]
DAHR Legislation The Child and Family Relationships Act 2015 was the first Irish legislation to make provision for Donor Assisted Human Reproduction (DAHR). It established a national donor-conceived person register. This enables donor-conceived children, donors and parents to trace their identity. A DAHR facility may not acquire anonymous gametes or embryos. They must, when acquiring the gametes or embryos, ascertain the name, date of birth, […]
Parentage DAH Reproduction The Child and Family Relationships Act 2015 makes provision for parentage rules where a child is born through donor-assisted reproduction. A Donor Assisted Human Reproduction facility is a place where donor-assisted human reproduction procedures are carried out. Donor Assisted Human Reproduction (DAHR) is a procedure carried out at the facility for the purpose of human reproduction where one or both gametes is […]