Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the point made by the Deputy about the regulations and, for example, her first point about an adopted child and the information sought, the matter will be debated in the House at the time in specific terms, rather than in less specific terms now. My advice and view on it are that we wait for the regulations, the contents of which we will be obliged to debate fully. At the time we will be dealing with draft proposals, rather than hypothetical examples as suggested by the Deputy. I would be concerned about a disadvantage being conferred on a party in the example proposed by her, but it is very much hypothetical. What we should do is wait until there is a proposal before us which must be debated fully.

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