Scoping work slammed as ‘cosmetic’ exercise

Adoption campaigners have said the long-delayed scoping exercise into illegal registrations is a “cosmetic” exercise as it is not looking at illegal adoptions.

The Irish Examiner revealed last week that the review is looking at a sample of just over 1.5% (1,541) of the more than 100,000 records held by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) and is not looking for evidence of illegal adoptions.