Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not speak to it at length. It relates to a concern I raised previously, based on my view that the Child and Family Agency should publish information on relevant post-adoption supports and services. Again, it was widely framed. I am conscious that we do not know what relevant post-adoption supports and services might be available at this point. The amendment is to the principal Act to ensure that, in respect of the core capacities of the Child and Family Agency, we will give the agency the power to state it can publish information on relevant post-adoption supports and services. We have heard that the current primary legislation does not provide that power. The amendment refers back to the primary legislation and seek to ensures the Child and Family Agency will have what I propose as one of its clearly established powers. It would give it the capacity to publish information on post-adoption supports and services that it might consider to be relevant. It is a very mild and reasonable amendment. One would think somebody who goes to the Child and Family Agency should be able to access information of this nature. I understand the objections may be very similar to others given; therefore, I do not want to waste too much of the time of the House on the matter.