Zappone plans talks in bid to fast-track tracing laws

Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone will hold talks with opposition parties in a bid to ensure a law allowing adopted people to trace their birth parents is passed by the end of the year.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney yesterday confirmed the meeting will take place on June 13, adding that the Government wants to fast-track the bill in order to have it signed into law by December.

Speaking during a Dáil debate in the aftermath of the St Patrick’s Guild illegal adoptions revelations and fears thousands of other people could be affected, Mr Coveney said the Government is acutely aware of the seriousness of what has happened.