Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The legislation we are talking about in this context clearly refers to "birth mother" and "mother". In the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 going through the Houses now, we have taken out the definition concerning "birth mother", which has given rise to many questions. Will doing that have an effect in Irish law? I refer to where the term "birth mother" is removed in one scenario, and all mothers are classified as mothers, whether or not they are the birth mother. Will that have any effect on this type of scenario?