Adoption families should get counselling

THE Law Reform Commission has called for new laws to require the Government to provide counselling for families with adopted children.

Their recommendation is in light of research which found that in one Health Service Executive area alone, 13 adoptions had broken down with the children now in care or living with extended family.

The Law Reform Commission had been asked to examine the fallout of the Tristan Dowse case but it also looked at the wider implications of adoption legislation in this country.