Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine ByrneCatherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry I missed the presentation but I did read through it. I will read out head 11, as I want to ask a question on it. It states, "The agency shall offer support and guidance to a person whose name is entered on the register." What does that mean? Can Ms Leahy give us an example of what that support and guidance will be?

Under head 12 it states, "Fees will be chargeable for services provided under the legislation." How much will those fees be and how will they be calculated? Why should we be charging fees for people who have gone through enough in their lives and who should not be charged for seeking or obtaining proper information?

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