Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----but it is well documented that children who are adopted want to know their identity. They want to know information about themselves. If, say, the birth parent or, in this case, the donor gave the information about themselves but did not want to be contacted, they could still give information about their medical background. That is far more optimistic and healthy in terms of the future and it will help many people. That is the basis on which I am proposing this. If we were to put in the wording as it is, it would be completely different from what will be possible in the adoption information and tracing legislation.