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# birth information and tracing bill

Last year
2022
Almost 900 people sign up to adoption tracing system - 32 have 'no contact' preference
A total of 891 adopted people and relatives applied to the new register in July.
Adopted people will finally get access to records after President signs Bill into law
The Bill provides for the release of an adopted person’s birth certificate and early life information.
Adopted people to get access to their birth certs and other records under new legislation
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the Bill represents “a massive step forward” but campaigners have criticised elements of the legislation.
Roderic O'Gorman: We hope today's legislation will right decades of wrongs against adopted people
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman reacts to the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill launched today.