Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy Funchion. The Minister outlined that there is already provision within the Bill to revisit the situation if the documents are not comprehensive enough. What would be lost in the period between this Bill being passed and the Minister deciding to revisit it? What could be the impact on people who have suffered a lot already? After this Bill is passed, if it is discovered a class of documents is deemed important and needs to be covered by and included in this legislation, there is provision here to do that. What is going to be lost in the intervening period? That is a real risk. I ask the Minister to reconsider the situation and think about including the amendment, as Deputy Funchion has said.

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