The Government has postponed plans to give adopted people automatic access to their birth information and records in its delayed information and tracing legislation. Earlier this month, children's minister Katherine Zappone wrote to adoption rights stakeholders about the paused Adoption Information and Tracing Bill, advising them that it was the Attorney General's view that it is "constitutionally unacceptable to allow unrestricted access to birth information for adopted people". Under the legislation, Tusla was to attempt to locate and contact both natural parents as soon as an adopted person requests access to their own early life and adoption files. These proposals met with stiff resistance from adopted people and natural mothers who wanted to have full access to their birth information. Ms Zappone proposed four options for stakeholders to consider in order to move the Bill forward.

Source: Irish Examiner December 11, 2019 18:59 UTC