Almost 400 people apply to register under adoption tracing laws

Children's Minister Roderic O’Gorman during a media briefing on the publication of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 at Government Buildings, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Almost 400 people have applied to register whether or not they wish to make contact with relatives under a new law that gives adoptees access to their birth certs and other personal information for the first time.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has said it is pleased with the significant response since the Contact Preference Register was opened two weeks ago.