Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 47:

In page 20, line 20, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

The amendment seeks to replace the word "may" with "shall" in page 20, line 20, thus strengthening the language as it relates to the release of a statement by the Adoption Authority of Ireland, AAI, or the Child and Family Agency to a relevant person setting out the birth information contained within the records they hold relating to that person.Section 10 currently provides for the release of birth information or images by AAI upon the application of a relevant person aged between 16 and 18. The amendment strengthens the language in the subsection by specifying that a relevant body ought to provide a relevant person with a statement setting out birth information obtained within the records it or the Child and Family Agency holds relating to the applicant upon written application. The Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill recommended that the use of the word "may" throughout the heads of the Bill ought to be addressed to strengthen its provisions. This amendment acts on that recommendation.