Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will restate the point on amendment No. 74. We see no reason we would not balance the rights of one person, for example, a mother who put her baby up for adoption, against the rights of the baby who was adopted in making a decision on whether the child should be given information on the mother. It would not always result in a decision in the child's favour. The requirement is that the two sets of rights, where they potentially clash, be balanced, with one person wanting to move on and the other wanting to know from where he or she came. Both viewpoints would have to be taken on board. It is a balancing provision. We thought the Minister might accept that amendment. We take on board his points about the other amendments in the sense that we can deal with them in regulations.

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