Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016

Public bill · Government · Presented

Sets up a formal system for adopted people, birth parents, and certain relatives to get adoption-related information, including birth certificate details in some cases, while protecting privacy where there are serious reasons not to share. It also creates a contact register and a tracing service so people can look for one another, say whether they want contact, and get support if they are trying to reconnect. The plan also makes sure adoption records are gathered and kept safely, including records about informal care arrangements and incorrect registrations, so people affected by past practices can find out what happened to them.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the acquisition and maintenance by the Adoption Authority of Ireland of records relating to the adoption, incorrect registration or placement in informal care arrangements of children; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register to be known as the Register of Adoption Contact Enquiries; to provide for the making available by the Child and Family Agency of a service for the tracing of certain persons, their birth relatives and other persons, and of a service for the provision of information to and facilitation of contact between such persons; to amend the Adoption Act 2010; to amend the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 April 2020