Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision in respect of access by certain persons to information concerning their origins and, for that purpose, to provide for the access by adopted persons and persons who have been the subject of incorrect birth registrations or certain care arrangements to their birth certificates and other information and items relating to them; to provide, where such persons are deceased, for the access in certain circumstances by their children or other next of kin to such information or items; to provide for the making available, by the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Child and Family Agency, of a service for the tracing of certain persons; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register to be known as the Contact Preference Register; to provide for the safeguarding and transfer to the Adoption Authority of Ireland of certain records relating to the birth, adoption and care of certain persons; to amend the Succession Act 1965 to make provision in respect of persons who have been the subject of incorrect birth registrations; to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to make additional provision in respect of persons who are the subject of incorrect birth registrations; to amend the National Archives Act 1986; to amend the Adoption Act 2010; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated: 30 Jun 2022
History of this Act
The Bill has been signed into law by the President.
30 Jun 2022
Dáil Éireann
Seanad Éireann
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Dáil First Stage
12 Jan 2022
Dáil First Stage
The Bill is initiated or presented to the House
12 Jan 2022
Completed
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Dáil Second Stage
19 Jan 2022
Dáil Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
19 Jan 2022
Completed
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Dáil Third Stage
20 Jan 2022
Dáil Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)20 Jan 2022
Completed
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Dáil Fourth Stage
9 Mar 2022
Dáil Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)9 Mar 2022
Completed
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Dáil Fifth Stage
27 Apr 2022
Dáil Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made and it is set down for Second Stage in the Seanad
(Also known as Final Stage)27 Apr 2022
Completed
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Seanad First Stage
n/a
Seanad First Stage
The Bill is deemed to have passed Seanad First Stage
n/a
Completed
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Seanad Second Stage
27 Apr 2022
Seanad Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
27 Apr 2022
Completed
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Seanad Third Stage
10 May 2022
Seanad Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)10 May 2022
Completed
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Seanad Fourth Stage
1 Jun 2022
Seanad Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)1 Jun 2022
Completed
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Seanad Fifth Stage
15 Jun 2022
Seanad Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made
(Also known as Final Stage)15 Jun 2022
Completed
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Enacted
30 Jun 2022
Enacted
The Bill is signed into law by the President
30 Jun 2022
Completed
30 Jun 2022
Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
22 Jun 2022
As Passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
27 Apr 2022
As passed by Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
9 Mar 2022
As amended in Committee/Select Committee (Dáil Eireann)
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
12 Jan 2022
As initiated
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022
Amendments
15 Jun 2022
Cream List
Cream List [Seanad amendments to Dáil Bill]
14 Jun 2022
Report Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
14 Jun 2022
Report Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
18 May 2022
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
26 Apr 2022
Report Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
1 Mar 2022
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
This list of debates may not be complete. You can also search directly for this Bill within the Debates section.
Debates
22 Jun 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad
15 Jun 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
14 Jun 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage
1 Jun 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1 Jun 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
1 Jun 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
24 May 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
18 May 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage
10 May 2022
Seanad Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage
27 Apr 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
27 Apr 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage
9 Mar 2022
Select Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
8 Mar 2022
Select Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2 Mar 2022
Select Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage
20 Jan 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Referral to Select Committee
20 Jan 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed)
19 Jan 2022
Dáil Éireann
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage