Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Some of my questions have been answered. The Minister spoke about GDPR. I have heard from people who sought access to information under Article 15 but have been denied that access because they are not identified as the data subject. If records relating to a person's mother and father are not available because the person is not identified in those records, while I am not saying it makes a mockery of it, the tracing aspect does not make sense to me or the people I have been talking to.

The Minister spoke about the counselling aspect of this Bill. This is probably the most important Bill that we will ever pass through the Dáil and it is important that we get it right. I ask the Minister about funding for counselling and Tusla. The Government recently provided €10 million for mental health and this funding has not been allocated yet. We need to make sure that there is funding in place because this will be crucial in future. I want to speak to the Minister about redress, another issue which is rightly important. Last week, the redress scheme details were only to be shared with stakeholders but the information was made available to the newspapers. Some stakeholders were not happy about this. There has been so much hurt and anger in the community. Many people's lives have been affected by this. We have to make sure that we get this legislation right. Funding will play a significant part in this. People are not getting any younger. What is the timescale for this Bill? That is my main question for the Minister. I know that different Bills have come through the Dáil and we have seen other parties introduce Bills. I have talked with people and families and we have to make sure that the legislation is passed as soon as possible. The Minister might come back to me on that.