'Historic' bill gives adopted people access to birth cert – but problems remain

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth Roderic O'Gorman. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has hailed the "historic" passing of a bill to give adopted people access to their birth certs and other personal information, but the Dáil has been told that it remains "highly problematic".

The final amendments to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 were passed in the Dáil on Wednesday, with the minister saying the legislation "finally and conclusively addresses the wrongful denial of people's identity rights over many decades in this State".