Adoption tracing and information Bill No. 2

Summary

Deputy Durkan asked when the long-promised linked adoption Bill would come before the House. The Tánaiste said the first Bill must pass the Seanad before the second can be introduced.

Bernard Durkan Deputy Bernard J. Durkan Fine Gael

The adoption (tracing and information) (No. 2) Bill is long-promised legislation which could not be moved on until the No. 1 Bill on the same subject was processed. How stands the No. 2 Bill and when is it likely to come before the House given the interest of adoptive parents and their children?

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Simon Coveney The Tánaiste Fine Gael

The Deputy is right that the No. 1 and No. 2 Bills are linked. The No. 1 Bill needs to come through the Seanad first. My understanding is that it is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. As soon as that concludes, it will open up the opportunity to introduce the No. 2 Bill.

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