The Department of Foreign Affairs has updated their advice against any Irish citizen pursuing surrogacy in Ukraine.
Please see correspondence received from the Department of Foreign Affairs dated the 19th January 2026. We support the advice of the Department of Foreign Affairs who are discouraging in the strongest possible terms any Irish individual from pursuing surrogacy arrangements in Ukraine.
Letter From Department Of Foreign Affairs
If you are considering pursuing an international surrogacy journey and have any questions about it, including how to do what you can to ensure that is ethical and safe, please do not hesitate to contact any member of our surrogacy team: Aileen Gittens, Solicitor at agittens@pkhl.ie; Annette Hickey, Solicitor at ahickey@pkhl.ie or Geraldine Fahy, Legal Executive at gfahy@pkhl.ie with any queries you may have.
