My amendments Nos. 3, 5, 25, 26 and 63 will ensure that a copy of the database of the mother and baby homes and the related records will remain in the archive, as well as being transferred to Tusla. We believe the database and the supporting records should rest with Tusla primarily because under the current legislation, the Adoption Act 2010, Tusla has the responsibility for tracing in Ireland.
If we give this database and the supporting records to Tusla, it will be able to use that database to assist existing tracing services for anybody seeking information about one of the mother and baby homes from which Tusla holds the original records.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Bríd Smith and Catherine Connolly; Níl, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 79–67 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 57–86 |
| Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." | Lost | 58–87 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 58–86 |
| Question put: "That the motion be agreed to." | Carried | 97–47 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 59–86 |
| Question put: "That the motion be agreed to." | Carried | 92–53 |
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