Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Adoptee Voices Report: Aitheantas

Mr. Rody O'Brien:

I will be brief because I know the Vice Chairman is conscious of time. I reiterate what Ms Ryan-O'Brien has said. I commend the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. He has been very accessible and available to discuss this and has been very open to all sides. He is very genuine and has a very strong sense of decency about how he is approaching legislation. We appreciate this. It is a great opportunity for everybody to try, once and for all if there is the political will that we discussed earlier, to prioritise the adoptee and to give adoptees their identity rights as provided for in the Constitution. This will provide an opportunity to move forward. It is all very positive and if we can continue to engage we can come to a solution and move it forward.