Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
871. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have applied for birth information since the introduction of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; the number who have been granted information; the number who have been refused; and the number for whom a decision is still pending. [12293/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Birth Information and Tracing Act provides a clear and guaranteed right of access to 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 in a mother and baby home or county home institution as a child (known as a relevant person). It also provides a a right of access to this information to the relevant persons families in some circumstances where the relevant person is deceased.
All services established under the Act are open to applications since 03 October and as of Tuesday 14, March a total of 7,333 applications for information have been received by the Child and Family Agency, Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland. Of this number, 2,611 cases have been completed of which 2,371 applicants have received their information, while no records were found in 204 cases and 36 applications were deemed invalid. The remaining 4,722 applications continue to be processed.
