Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. They are covered. The people who can use this legislation are covered in the definition of "relevant person", which means a person who is one or more of the following: an adopted person; and a person who is or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that he or she is the subject of an incorrect birth registration.

There is a third category that is not relevant to this discussion. I am referring to someone in the second category who has reasonable grounds for suspecting he or she is the subject of an incorrect birth registration. That is very important. We kept the definition wide. One does not have to prove one is the subject of an incorrect birth registration to qualify under the definition of "relevant person" if one has reasonable grounds for suspecting one has been subject to an incorrect birth registration. At any stage, one will fall within the definition of a "relevant person" and be entitled to use the provisions of this legislation in accessing information, tracing etc. I hope I have reassured the Senator.