Ms Sinéad Gibney:

I will start and Professor Murphy and Ms Mullan might add more. One of the ways in which this should be handled is through awareness and public information campaigns. They must reach into every home in Ireland and extensively throughout the diaspora. I agree with the Senator, in that there are people living with these secrets whose anxieties and fears have been escalated over the past number of years as these issues were dealt with through inquiries, legislation and so on. It is the responsibility of the State, while this legislation is being passed, to allay those fears as best it can and to send the information into the homes of Ireland. This would mean an extensive campaign across all types of media, for example, a household mail drop or the like, whereby people would be reached in an effective way to allay concerns.

Bringing it back to the information session, the reality is it does not become comparable to my ability to access information if there is that session placed in front of the people. That is the reason we cannot place that barrier for adopted people. I do not know if Professor Murphy or Ms Mullan would like to jump in further.