Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-24
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 32:
In page 15, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:
“(5) Where no birth information is available, the Authority shall seize all records relating to the relevant person’s adoption and/or illegal birth registration and open an investigation into what transpired. The relevant person will be kept informed and will be consulted throughout the course of the investigation.”.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-24