Thomas P. Broughan
Question:99 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether access to personal birth records is a basic civil right in any democratic state and not private to the Adoption Boards. [5583/96]
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99 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether access to personal birth records is a basic civil right in any democratic state and not private to the Adoption Boards. [5583/96]
100 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of the Adoption Board not to release birth record information to adoptees if the consent of the birth mother cannot be obtained. [5584/96]
101 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the situation of fostered persons, pre-1952, and institutionalised children with regard to these groups' access to birth records and family background as to whether they are regarded as adopted persons in relation to nondisclosure of birth record information by the Adoption Board, health boards and related agencies. [5586/96]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 100 and 101 together.