Ivana Bacik (Independent)

It is a useful idea. I am not sure this is the best section in which to insert it given this is the section providing for the welfare of the child and, therefore, to include anything else in it seems to be a weakening or a detracting from that paramount consideration. However, it is useful idea to have some sort of duty, be it in statute or guidelines, that the authority would, where possible, make available medical records of biological parents. I would be interested to know whether there is currently a policy whereby such records are made available as a matter of routine, where they are available — I can imagine there are many cases where they are simply not available.