Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The amendment is similar to ones we discussed earlier in terms of the ability of an adopted person to retain control over the type of information they request. The consequence of this information is that an adopted person would be provided with all information, even if they only apply for certain categories of information. We are all of the belief the majority of adopted people will apply for all categories of information. The application form will make provision for one box to be ticked to get all information, but in a situation where an adopted person seeks certain types of information but not other types of information, that is their choice and this amendment would have the consequence that they would receive all information, even if there were categories they were not seeking.