Adoption Authority receives over 3,800 applications for birth tracing information 

Interim AAI chief executive Colm O’Leary said the number of applications and registrations the authority had received 'exceeded expectations'. File picture

More than 3,800 people have applied for birth tracing information over the past year, according to the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI).

The Birth Information and Tracing Act , signed into law by President Michael D Higgins on June 30, 2022, and officially launched on this day last year, grants people the right of access to birth certificates, birth and early life information, where this is available, for all persons who were adopted, boarded out, the subject of an illegal birth registration, or who otherwise have questions regarding their birth information.