Phil Prendergast (Labour)

I move amendment No. 66:

In page 60, line 7, after "Authority" to insert the following:

", which shall give consent to that information being given where the adopted person and the person placing the child for adoption have agreed through a tracing mechanism to be established by the Authority that the information can be given".

Amendment No. 66 arises from submissions we have received on the need for a formal tracing mechanism. Clearly, it needs to be specified that information can be released where both sides have indicated a willingness to find each other. Amendment No. 72 is similar.