Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious that the Minister is the third to hold this brief. Since I was elected to the Dáil I have been raising the issue of adoption information and tracing legislation on behalf of the 50,000 adopted persons in Ireland who do not have an automatic right to their birth certificates, listing their original names and parents’ details, a right that others take for granted. This legislation has been promised every year and we are told it is on the way. It now looks very likely that it will not be delivered in the lifetime of the Government, unless the Minister decides to support the Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014 recently brought forward by Senator Jillian van Turnhout. What is the Minister’s opinion on that Bill which can offer a way forward to ensuring the rights of these citizens?

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