Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
1377. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints that have been received in any form regarding access to personal data and information following the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; the average waiting times to access data; and the number of staff specifically involved in the process to assist those making requests. [40886/22]
View answerThe Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 was enacted on the 1st of July 2022. Applications for information and tracing services are not open yet, but will be from October. This is to allow time for people to express a contact preference, via the Contact Preference Register established by the act, before information is released.
Therefore, there are no waiting lists or complaints regarding access to personal data and information under the act.
The act will provide for the release of birth certificates, and birth, early life, care, and medical information for persons who were adopted, boarded out or nursed out, subject to an illegal birth registration, or resided as a child in a mother and baby home or county home institution.
Recruitment and training of staff to process requests for information is ongoing in Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and the Adoption Authority of Ireland.
