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Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Ivana Bacik · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 5 Mar 2021
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows adult adopted persons to access the index linking their adoption records to their birth registration held by the Registrar General.
- Amends the Adoption Act 2010 to enable adopted adults to trace their origins through official records connections.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; did not progress to law.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 26th Seanad5 Mar 2021
Debates
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