Ms Claire McGettrick:

I will briefly come in on the birth certificate issue and then hand over to Dr. O'Rourke. Unconditional access means unconditional access, the same as for every other citizen. Since the early 1990s, adopted people have been making use of the civil registration system through resources provided by us and our predecessor. They have been accessing that information, finding their birth certificates in this way and the sun has not fallen out of the sky. We are not aware of any harm coming to natural mothers, natural fathers or natural family members as a result. There is, in essence, nothing to see here. There is no harm arising from providing this additional access but, on the other hand, there would be a lot of harm done to these women by not allowing it. It would make matters worse and add insult to injury.