Then, in the 72 hours after the Dáil passed the legislation, more than 170,000 people signed a petition urging the Government to give survivors, adoptees and birth mothers access to their personal information. She does not want others to go through the same tortuous process of trying to prise information from Tusla. That said, there is a balance here between their right to privacy and our right to information,” McElligott says. “We need information legislation, but the culture of secrecy must also be addressed,” she adds. Thus, independent expert committees are essential.”It’s time, she adds, to move away from the State’s “reflexive habits of secrecy”.

Source: Irish Independent October 31, 2020 04:52 UTC