Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The legislation has been put through the House and, as the Deputy said, three sections of the Act have been implemented. I saw the letter to which he referred. I do not have from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs a more detailed timeline for implementation. This morning the Government approved publication of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill which took quite a lot of time to draft. We had discussions with Tusla some time ago about the necessary care of children. I will advise the Deputy of the timescale the Minister is considering and see if it might be possible for it to be accelerated, either for sections or the greater part of it.

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