Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 November 2021

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

General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Mary Seery KearneyMary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael)
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I am not disputing what Mr. McGarr is saying. However, if we do not have written down in legislation and codified that one cannot restrict, we are relying on the discretion of an official, at a certain moment, to provide for that balancing right.