Ms Janice Donlon:

As I have said, if a client seeks information on adoption from a counsellor during a counselling session and wants to explore the option of adoption, she is absolutely given as much information as possible to feel supported in that decision. While it may require the counsellor to refer her to a more specialist service such as a Tusla adoption service or an accredited body where she seeks further information on that option, the client is given as much information as she needs for her to feel she can make that decision. It is not that there is no information there. The counsellor has all of the information the client needs in her decision-making process.