Cabinet ministers are due to discuss the first ever laws governing surrogacy in Ireland today.
Health Minister Leo Varadkar is bringing forward proposals that will reportedly state at least one of those involved in an arrangement would have to be a genetic parent.
They have been drawn up in response to recent Supreme Court rulings in the area.
Last November, the court overturned a landmark High Court ruling from 2013 which found that a genetic mother should be recognised on her children's birth certificates.
The Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald said the ruling provided certainty to the hundreds of women who have given birth to children using donated eggs.
She said a ruling from 2013 cast doubt on their status as their children's mother and that is why the State had to appeal the decision.
The proposals regarding surrogacy are being prepared in response to recent Supreme Court rulings in the area.
Law lecturer at Maynooth University Dr Fergus Ryan spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning and stated that the proposals would mean children born through egg or sperm donation will be able to trace their genetic parents once they turn 18:
Meanwhile, the Cabinet may also sign off on the new Children and Family Relationships Bill - which could be published on Thursday.
