Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Finally, we need to be careful that this vitally important Bill clearly discloses a level of trust in adopted persons and attaches a great deal of weight to their rights to know their own identities. Unfortunately, some of the provisions in the Bill appear to be based on a distrust of adopted persons and to refer back to an old culture of concealment and secrecy. The Tuam revelations have shown us only too well what that has led to in the past, so we need to be careful about the drafting. Nonetheless, I welcome the Bill in principle.