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This year
2024
Over 2,800 applications to Tusla's tracing service still awaiting social worker allocation
Last year
2023
'A punch in the gut': Tusla apologises as adopted people wait up to a year for personal records
More than 3,800 applications for records in first year of Birth Information and Tracing Act
Officials warned that lack of social workers would delay giving adopted people their records
All time
Adopted people 'disgusted' and 'distraught' they might not get their records until autumn 2023
Tusla and AAI given new tracing powers after 'technical issue' arises with Birth Information Act
Mother and Baby Homes: Forum says Tusla is 'erratic, dysfunctional and devoid of trust'
Almost 900 people sign up to adoption tracing system - 32 have 'no contact' preference
Judge dismisses case of woman who claims she was coerced into giving her baby up for adoption
Children in Mexican adoption scam show signs of sexual abuse