Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 9, line 25, to delete “, subject to subsection (2),”.

This is another amendment that springs from the discussions on Committee Stage. Collectively, this grouping of amendments removes the time limitation placed on early life information and care information. When first published, the Bill provided that the definitions of early life information and care information were subject to a limited time period that was deemed to end, in the case of an adopted person, at the date of his or her adoption, or, in the case of a person subject to an illegal birth registration, the date on which his or her social parents assumed their role as parents. Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 remove the reference to early life and care definitions being subject to subsection 2(2), while amendment No. 17 deletes subsection 2(2) completely, thus removing that limitation. I know that Deputies brought forward similar amendments on Committee Stage and, in response, I stated that I would seek to have this timeline removed, subject to consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. Following that consultation, I am happy to be in a position to remove subsection 2(2), which means the definition of early life and care information for all relevant persons will now extend all the way up to the age of 18. Deputies Bacik and Funchion both raised this on Committee Stage. We did say we would go back and look at it. I listened to the arguments made and we are making this change on foot of that.

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