Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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In terms of the design, I agree. My understanding from the initial work the team has done is that there is an all information box that can be achieved there. The Deputy is correct that there is overlap in the definitions. Throughout all our discussions here I have said that we have designed the definitions expansively. We are keeping them wide so we can take in as much information as possible in order that adopted people are entitled to as much information as possible. We designed them to be wide on purpose, and I believe that is positive.