Clare Daly
Ceist:176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the access and rights that will be afforded to adopted people in tracing their genealogy as part of the Irish genealogy. [19157/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 24 April 2013
Ceisteanna (176)
Freagraí scríofa
As the Deputy may be aware, the issue of adoption is dealt with by my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Ms Frances Fitzgerald, T.D.
My Department runs a website www.irishgenealogy.ie, which has two main elements. The first element contains almost 3 million Church records of births, marriages and burials, which may be searched free of charge. The second element is a recently launched webportal, which enables users to search genealogy records from a number of on-line sources. The website is free to access and contains no restrictions surrounding access to records held on the site.