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

I move amendment No. 285:

In page 36, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(c) a request by the Authority that the relevant authority provide all records relating to the person’s adoption so that they can be made available to the person.".

Amendment No. 285 provides that every effort shall be made to access information held by bodies in other jurisdictions. The subsection currently does not clearly oblige the authority to seek to make the information available. Amendment No. 286 adds a requirement for the authority to provide the adopted person with all records immediately when received from a body in other jurisdictions. We feel this provision is necessary given the level of distrust that currently exists, understandably, with adopted people and relatives.