Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will come back in the second round on those other points.

I want to touch on the area of birth information and tracing. Many people in this House accused Government Deputies of sealing the records of mother and baby homes. However, this year thousands of people will be applying for birth information. It is a really important step for those people that they can have access to that birth information. Does Mr. McCarthy have any numbers yet on how many people have applied? What mechanisms has the Department used to make people aware of that facility?