Ahead of a February 27 webinar on this complex topic, gay dad and family-building expert, Sam Everingham from Growing Families, summarises changes in how hopeful Irish dads are having to navigate surrogacy in this Covid era.For gay guys, surrogacy is an area requiring often an egg donor, a surrogate, an IVF clinic and a lawyer at a minimum.
To complicate things, Ireland does not currently have laws recognising domestic surrogacy or allowing donors or surrogates to be paid.
It means Irish IVF clinics cannot assist. So increasing numbers of gay couples and singles building families go offshore – to the UK, or further afield to Canada or the US.The Covid-19 crisis has added an extra layer of complexity, dissuading some from travelling to.