Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I admire Senator Jillian van Turnhout for the passion she brings to this issue. I also admire her for her extraordinary work as the former CEO of the Children's Rights Alliance and her consistency in raising issues of this nature, where children's rights are involved, in the House.

The nub of the issue is that her entire contribution emphasised the right of the child. She referred to the birth certificate being handed to the parents of the adopted child who are told that they now own the child. I do not own my children.