Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-01
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Lynn Ruane (IND), University of Dublin

I move amendment No. 69:
In page 25, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:
“Information relating to contact preference
17. In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a birth certificate or copy of the records that contain the birth information to which the application relates, or with a statement setting out the birth information contained in those records, the Authority shall send to the applicant, by prepaid registered post or other recorded delivery, a statement by the Authority setting out, in so far as it has established in relation to each relevant parent, whether—
(a) he or she has not made a statement under section 38(11) ,
(b) he or she has made a statement under section 38(11) that either of the following applies:
(i) he or she is seeking to have contact with the applicant;
(ii) he or she is willing to be contacted by the applicant,
(c) he or she has made a statement under section 38(11) that he or she is not willing to be contacted by the applicant,
(d) he or she is deceased,
(e) he or she is not willing to be contacted by the applicant.”.

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