Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I also support this amendment. People have waited a long time for this legislation. It must be seen to be state-of-the-art legislation, which is what the Minister of State hopes and wants. It seems that post-adoption services are integral to the process. The kind of services suggested in this amendment would be really necessary and integral for persons who are in this position, who have adopted or who have been adopted and who want to trace.

The Minister of State mentioned the kind of emerging information on children who were adopted from Romania. Obviously, with increasing international adoption, the demands on the services will be ever more complex. It is appropriate that the Minister of State would provide in statute that this would be part of the service that the State would want to be seen to give to a high standard. This is the place to do it.