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Minister: We will make it easier for adopted children to trace parents

The Children's Minister says a referendum would be needed to give adopted children the full right...
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11.20 17 Apr 2014


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Minister: We will make it easier for adopted children to trace parents

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11.20 17 Apr 2014


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The Children's Minister says a referendum would be needed to give adopted children the full rights to trace their parents.

Frances Fitzgerald says parents have the right to assert their privacy if they want and their children have no comeback.

The Minister is working on new legislation to give adopted children the power to trace their parents in certain circumstances.

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Back in January, the government was urged to change the laws which prevent adopted people from accessing their birth records.

The Philomena Project say over 60,000 records are being held by the Health Service Executive (HSE), Catholic Church and private agencies that hold the identities of these people.

The Minister says the Constitution would have to be changed to get around some roadblocks, but that the new laws will go as far as they can. 


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