Jillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:

"(9) Where an adopted person wishes to communicate in writing with his or her natural parent or where a natural parent wishes to communicate in writing with the adopted person, the Authority shall make arrangements for the exchange of such communications, provided that in making such arrangements for the specific purpose of this subsection, the Authority shall not release to either the adopted person or the natural parent any information other than that which the writer of the communication has included in the communication.

(10) For the purpose of subsection (9), a communication may include medical information or a request for medical information relating to the adopted person, natural parent or relatives of the natural parent.".