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Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes, "false or misleading".

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Okay. Apologies, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In the context of amendment No. 14, which was tabled by Deputy Funchion, this issue was raised on Committee Stage. We acknowledge that the assurance about the release not just of the information but of the documents that was repeated in other parts of the legislation had not been continued on there. We recognise that was an error in the drafting....

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I do not for a minute question any Deputy’s view about the spirit of what we are trying to achieve here. We all are trying to achieve, as Deputy Murnane O’Connor just said, the full access to and the full release of all information. However, I do not believe the change being proposed in this amendment furthers that goal. I think it actually restricts that goal. Deputy...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As we discussed on Committee Stage, we now have these very broad definitions of categories set out in legislation with which Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, AAI, and other bodies have to comply. That is now a legislative obligation that was never on them previously. We also have in this legislation the power to draw up ministerial guidelines on the implementation of those...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Fundamentally, my Department and my officials have engaged in a huge amount of work to bring about that culture change, as demonstrated by this very substantial Bill that we have worked on and prioritised to bring about those changes. I have seen and I believe there is a culture change beginning in those organisations. If the Deputy does not accept my view she should, as a committee member,...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 16: In page 13, line 14, to delete “him or her,” and substitute “him or her, or a photograph or other image of his mother, father or other genetic relative,”

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 17: In page 14, to delete lines 4 to 11

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information session is about the balancing of two sets of fundamental rights. There is the fundamental right to identity information of adopted people, and it is a right we all know has been denied for so long. There is also the fundamental right to privacy of a parent. The information session would apply in a very small number of circumstances because it will only apply where a parent...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thought I only spoke once.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you. We do trust women. That is why in every situation where this Bill is used, the full information will be provided to a woman, or any adopted person, or any person subjected to an illegal birth registration. All of the information about their parent, their mother, will be released to them. That is why this legislation is so significant. That is why this legislation represents...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As somebody who passionately wants to see legislation passed that will allow every adopted person and every person who was subject to an illegal birth registration get their full information, I have to accept that advice and I have to act on that advice. That is why I believe the process set out in this Bill, which will always result in full access to all information, is the process that...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 31: In page 18, lines 6 to 9, to delete all words from and including “A” in line 6 down to and including line 9 and substitute the following: “A relevant person who has attained the age of 18 years (in this section referred to as an “applicant”) may apply in writing to a relevant body for the provision by the relevant body to him or...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 32: In page 18, line 19, to delete “and”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 33: In page 18, line 21, to delete “holds.” and substitute “holds, and”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 34: In page 18, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) in the case of an application for a photograph or other image referred to in subsection (1)(b), shall, as it considers appropriate⁠- (i) provide the applicant with the photograph or other image, and retain a copy, or (ii) retain the photograph or other image and provide the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 39: In page 19, line 18, to delete “adoption;” and substitute “adoption, including an adoption order made in respect of the person;”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 40: In page 19, to delete lines 25 to 27 and substitute the following: “(10) In this section and section 10, “relevant parent” means⁠- (a) in relation to birth information relating to an applicant, a person, or each person, who is named as a parent of the applicant in the records containing the birth information concerned, and (b) in...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 41: In page 19, lines 30 to 33, to delete all words from and including “A” in line 30 down to and including line 33 and substitute the following: “A relevant person who has attained the age of 16 years but who has not attained the age of 18 years (in this section referred to as an “applicant”) may apply in writing to the Authority...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 42: In page 20, line 5, to delete “and”.