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

I would like to come in at this point because Deputy Bacik used the term "outlier" in terms of the Bill.

7 o’clock

The Bill in no way makes us an outlier. We are an outlier now, and this Bill brings us into compliance with where Europe is in terms of the release of birth information and puts us far in advance of a number of European countries. A number of European countries had equally restrictive practices to the ones we are casting to history through the introduction of this legislation. It will, in every circumstance, allow for the full release of information. I wanted to make that point. We are leaving our outlier status behind through this Bill, and that is a very positive step.

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