Legislation to be published today giving adoptees access to birth certs

Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman: 'I am committed to bringing [the Birth Information and Tracing Bill] through the Houses of the Oireachtas as quickly as possible.' Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman will today publish legislation to give adopted people access to birth certs and other personal information.

The bill, which campaigners have been calling on for many years, will include "significant" changes to what was initially drafted.