{
  "code": "IE",
  "name": "Ireland",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "black_letter": "Ireland’s Children and Family Relationships Act and related ART reforms center parentage on regulated donor programmes and formal pathways. Informal known-donor AI is not coded here as a statutory safe harbor. Clinic/regulated donation and court processes are the risk-reducing options; NI is ordinary conception risk.",
  "ai_informal": "not_recognized",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "yes",
  "agreement_effect": "limited_or_unclear",
  "key_citations": [],
  "emerging_law_note": "Where public materials are thin, “Unknown” on this site means no clear published safe harbor—not that private arrangements are criminal. Further clarity often requires litigation or legislation.",
  "page": "/Pages/IE/ie.html",
  "region_group": "IE"
}