Guides & Insights
Irish surrogacy law, explained plainly — twenty guides.
When Will the AHR Act Commence?
Nobody can give you a date. Here is what can honestly be said, and why it keeps slipping.
The ActWhat Commencement Actually Means
Enacted and commenced are different things. The difference is why you cannot use the Act yet.
The ActThe AHRRA Explained
The regulator was established in 2025. What it will do, and why that is not the same as being able to apply.
The ActThe Amending Bill
Habitual residence, foreign parental orders, treatment abroad - the gaps a second Bill is meant to close.
The ActWhat to Do While You Wait
Six things that do not depend on commencement - and why waiting has cost families years.
InternationalChoosing a Jurisdiction
The Irish questions to ask before you choose a country - and why nobody should rank them for you.
InternationalBringing Your Baby Home
The phase nobody plans for: weeks abroad, documents, and a process that runs on the State’s timetable.
InternationalThe Emergency Travel Certificate
How many Irish surrogacy babies actually travel home - and why you start before the birth.
InternationalWhat a Foreign Birth Certificate Does Not Do
The most expensive misunderstanding in Irish surrogacy, explained once and clearly.
InternationalThe Two-Lawyer Rule
Two jurisdictions need two sets of lawyers - and the surrogate needs her own, always.
Your PositionWho Is My Child’s Legal Mother?
The rule everything else follows from, and why genetics do not decide it.
Your PositionThe Second Parent Problem
One parent recognised, one not, in the same house raising the same child.
Your PositionGuardianship: What It Does and Does Not Give
A real and worthwhile status - and three ways it is not parentage.
Your PositionMedical Consent & School Forms
The grinding daily version of the parentage gap, and what actually helps.
Your PositionDeclarations of Parentage Explained
What a declaration can establish, what it cannot, and how it differs from a parental order.
PlanningWills When Your Child Is Not Legally Yours
Why "my children" is a dangerous phrase, and what a will should say instead.
PlanningInheritance & the Parentage Gap
The one consequence that cannot be repaired after the event.
PlanningSame-Sex Couples & the Gaps
Two fathers, two mothers, two different problems - and why marriage does not solve either.
PlanningDonor-Conceived Children & Identity
Registers, origins, anonymous donation abroad, and the decision taken by default.
PlanningQuestions to Ask a Surrogacy Solicitor
Five questions worth more than any directory listing - starting with who else they act for.