Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 February 2023
288. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a family is permitted to access information about a relative who was adopted under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (details supplied). [5862/23]
View answerThe Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 is not applicable in this circumstance, and standard data protection law applies.
The Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 enables a person who was adopted, nursed out or boarded out, subject to an illegal birth registration, or who resided in a mother and baby home or county home institution as a child, or their Next of Kin to apply for their birth, early life, care, and medical information from a relevant body. The relevant bodies currently designated by the Act are the Child and Family Agency, Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland.
