Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to correct adoption records (details supplied) where illegal birth registrations were carried out by private adoption agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37716/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Registration of domestic adoptions is governed by Section 22 of the Adoption Act 1952. Under that provision, an tArd Chlaraitheoir (Registrar General) is required to maintain a register of domestic adoptions (i.e. adoptions effected in Ireland, regardless of where the adopted person was born). The register is called the Adopted Children Register. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has no authority to amend any details in that regard.

If an individual has evidence or information in relation to suspicions of illegal adoptions these concerns should be addressed to the appropriate authorities so that an investigation can commence.