Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 26:

In page 10, to delete lines 3 to 37.

This amendment seeks to delete the entire section relating to the interpretation or definition of early life information. The definition contained in the Bill is problematic and focuses on a specific timeframe of the person's early life.

Amendments No. 27 to 64, inclusive, spell out precisely what personal data means in this context. We are attempting to give an extensive description of personal data and provide a full and exhaustive list of personal data in terms of adopted persons and their identity. We also seek to include information as to how the relevant persons acquired their adoptive identity, the names of their genetic family members, their county and country of origin at the time of their birth and the occupation of their parents and grandparents at the time of their birth. We also seek to include information on the number of siblings and other relations in a person's genetic family, correspondence about the person, records surrounding the assessment and administrative processes associated with the person's adoption and the names of the people involved in that person's care. This goes to the heart of what we have been saying all along. We believe the amendments would ensure that everything that can be included is included.