Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 104 of 14 February 2012 and Priority Question No. 3 of 22 March 2012, in which she commented on the pre-1952 records of fostering and de facto adoptions and her written response regarding the post 1952 records of adoptions, if she will list the former adoption societies holding records which have not sought registration under the Adoption Act 2010; the request that has been made by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to each such former adoption society to transfer records to an accredited body or the Health Service Executive in order to provide for their safeguarding; the reply that has been received and the number of such records that have been so transferred. [17553/12]

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No 104 of 14 February 2012 and Priority Question No. 3 of 22 March 2012, in which she commented on the pre-1952 records of fostering and de facto adoptions and her written response re the post 1952 records of adoptions (details supplied); the number of illegal birth registrations of which the Adoption Authority is aware; the number post 1952; the years and counties in which the illegal birth registrations were recorded and the action that has been taken in each case regarding the contravention of the laws of the State. [17554/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together.

I wish to thank the Deputy for her questions. I have asked the Adoption Authority of Ireland for a response to the issues raised and I will make this response available to the Deputy when it is received.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 14 February 2012 and Priority Question No. 3 of 22 March 2012, in which her written response regarding information and tracing noted that work is underway in relation to the preparation of the Bill, in consultation with the Adoption Authority to provide for a structured and regulated providing of access to information and contact for those affected by adoption, if she will, in the preparation of the Bill, meet with and take note of the views of the Natural Parents Network of Ireland and other such organisations representing persons searching for their natural parents and natural parents searching for their children. [17555/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department and I have had meeting with numerous organisations regarding the issues to be addressed in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill and will continue to do so.