Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The integrated birth certificate sounds like a super model for us. How does that preserve a child's right to privacy? For a child to commence school, a birth certificate must be produced. How is the child's right to privacy preserved in that case in order that he or she is not discriminated against? I ask because it is the child's story ultimately whether there is a donor. It is the child who should always have the right whether to disclose such information to others. If we end up with an integrated birth certificate, that right of disclosure is removed from the child.