Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
1100. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions being made to allow parents using surrogacy to avail of leave and parental pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/21]
View answerPolicy on surrogacy rests with the Minister for Health. The current entitlements enable the spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner of the parent of a child to avail of Parents' Leave. These provisions do not exclude situations where a child has been born through surrogacy provided that a male partner is the biological parent of the child. The second parent can is then entitled to the leave through their relationship to the father.
