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Children's Minister Katherine Zappone.

Poll: Should adopted people be allowed access their full birth information?

The issue of adoption rights has been to the forefront in recent days.

THE ISSUE OF adoption rights has been to the forefront in recent days after it was revealed that at least 126 children adopted from St Patrick’s Guild in Dublin were incorrectly registered as the biological children of their adoptive parents.

The revelations have reignited a debate on the rights afforded to people who were adopted, including the right to access their full birth records.

There have been multiple calls for the fast-tracking of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 through the Oireachtas.

Among the Bills many provisions, it allows adoptees the legal right to secure information about their adoptions. It also gives them a statutory right to access to their birth certificate.

The Bill has been stalled amid concerns over the right to privacy of people involved in the adoption process, but Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has said she hopes for the Bill to be enacted “by the end of the year”.

But what do you think?

Today we’re asking, Should adopted people be allowed access their full birth information?


Poll Results:

Yes (10132)
No (852)
Don't know (561)

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    May 2nd 2013, 9:30 AM

    The family of Savita Halappanavar are correct. No matter how much discussion or changes to legislation take place, there will be no improvement to the care of women in Ireland in the future.

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    May 2nd 2013, 11:22 AM

    Anthony Lyons, never has it been more evident the law doesn’t apply to everyone

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    May 2nd 2013, 3:45 PM

    Funny that the prison officers are whinging now when they couldn’t distance themselves from the 24/7 alliance fast enough when they thought the got what they wanted. Pity about them. Solidarity anyone?! Or should that be irony!

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